Word: blasts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Under the new system, the preliminary warning will be announced by a continuous blast of the siren for two minutes. When the raiders are nearly overhead, an intermittent sounding of the siren will be given. Finally, the all clear signal will be broadcast by telephone or by whatever method the individual community deems best...
Their thick skins are double, with oil compartments between to absorb the shock of depth charges, which must explode within 20 ft. of them to blast open their hides. They can crash dive in seconds, submerge to 100 fathoms (600 ft.), resist with safety the pressure of more than 19 tons per square foot. On the surface they can shoulder through the sea at 20 knots, driven by great 2,800-h.p. diesel engines. On their bows is a quick-firing gun big enough to enable them to engage Allied corvettes in surface action. U-boat production...
Walt Disney will shortly come to Cambridge to confer with Earnest A. Hooton, professor of Anthrology, on the subject of Nazi racial theory, in preparation for his new movie which will blast the myth of Nordic supremacy, according to a news release from the Disney publicity office in New York...
...catalytic cracking plant was dedicated last week with bunting, a band and speeches in Standard's vast and drafty old boiler shop at Bayway, N.J. Even as Standard's new president, Ralph W. Gallagher, spoke, the six-million-dollar "cat cracker" was running full blast, spewing forth a censored quantity of the basic ingredients for high-octane gasoline, TNT and synthetic rubber...
...Juniors and Seniors in Military Science have been selected as honor graduates of the Harvard ROTC, the Muzzle Blast, organ of the Field Artillery regiment, announced yesterday, and are eligible for commissions in the Regular Army...