Word: blasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Minnesota's Democratic Senator Hubert Humphrey, found out from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey that its seismographs picked up tremors as far away as Alaska. Prodded by the subcommittee, the AEC corrected itself, announced that the explosion was detected at College, Alaska, 2,300 miles from the blast site...
Amendment or no, the Eisenhower-Nixon agreement had created a vital new precedent-and in the developing federal system, precedent itself tends to blast away or to outpace deadlock.* The immediate result is that Nixon no longer need hesitate to exercise authority in the event of a disabling presidential illness. And because of that, other Vice Presidents to come will pay more attention to the affairs of the presidency, well aware that they will be expected to assume the responsibility in crisis...
...Force's projected second-generation 3,000-4,000 Minuteman missiles (TIME, March 10), which, when launched from underground hangars, could blast city-sized holes from distances of 500 to 5,500 miles; estimated cost: $3.5 billion...
...Building." Following Nasser's blast, Serraj met the press to relate a modern Arabian Nights tale, a sort of Scheherazade with photostats. The chunky, blue-chinned colonel, who also discovered a plot last summer when his government was closing an arms deal with Soviet Russia, said that Saud had approached him through one of Saud's fathers-in-law, Syrian-born Assad Ibrahim. According to Ibrahim, said Serraj, Saud considered Nasser's union "Egyptian imperialism," and had sworn "by his father's soul that this union shall not take place." Ibrahim forthwith offered Serraj financial...
...Dime-a-Dance." Perhaps the best economic news of the week was evidence of basic agreement between responsible Republicans and Democrats in Washington. The agreement was hidden by a barrage of partisanship touched off by Harry Truman's blast at the Administration's stony-hearted attitude toward the recession. Republicans replied in kind, waving at Harry such red-flag terms as "dime-a-dance oratory" and "typical Truman claptrap." Even the President joined in the counterattack. "The economy of this country is a lot stronger than the spirit of those people that I see wailing about...