Word: blasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...army, a successful military coup, while always a possibility, looks highly unlikely at the moment. In recent weeks some of Perón's bitterest enemies-students and sons of wealthy ranchers-have tried to blast loose Perón's grip by setting off 15 homemade bombs in Buenos Aires. They gave Perón a real scare; police seized 25 machine guns, 600 rifles and pistols, more than a ton of explosives. But Perón, who blamed the bombings on foreigners and evil capitalists, once more seems firmly in the saddle...
Even the real oldtimors had to admit it beat everything they had ever seen. For color, girls and noise there had never been any equal. The All-Ivy League weekend was the world's greatest blast--it made the Dartmouth Winter Carnival look like James Madison Junior High on its annual field...
...Dulles on behalf of Old Soldier Eisenhower, Old Soldier Naguib displayed it coldly, said, with no interest: "It's just a common pistol." Dulles' first written statement on the canal base had unhappy results. He intended to soften the effect of Churchill's blast, but the Egyptians and their noisy press took his remarks as a blanket endorsement of Churchill's position. Next day he managed to convince Egypt's emerging strong man, Lieut. Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser, that the U.S. is not merely an echo of Churchill. Result: Egypt promised to "make no drastic...
...them produce more electric power. The scheme calls for underwater gates, a mile above the falls, which will provide an even flow and will enable engineers to slow down the water. If the project is approved by the U.S. Congress and Canada's Parliament, Niagara will run full blast from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. during the tourist season. At night it will be slowed to half speed, with hydroelectric plants harnessing the excess water. Result: the steady erosion of the falls' crests will slow down, and the water will be a uniform aquamarine. Cost...
...this should not be the final word, for there is much that is good in the Corporation's handling of these cases. The extreme liberal may be outraged by the fact that Harvard, in a statement retaining a man who lied about security matters, did not produce a rousing blast against committees. But he makes the same mistake that his conservative counterpart does. Things are just not that simple. On the whole, there are few, who after studying the Corporation's report with care and openmindedness, cannot find basis on which to maintain the the Corporation has made a decision...