Word: blowing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...communist sympathizer. Moreover, he sees no real danger of Communism coming into power as results of the recent re-birth of the strength of the labor unions. Although many of his soldiers have confided to me their willingness to attack the Dominican Republic in a two-pronged blow at Batista and Trujillo, Castro himself professes no knowledge of any such plans. His manner, moreover, suggested that Batista's threat to return to Cuba at the head of 10,000 troops need not even be taken seriously...
...Rayburn dislikes the name, which was given to the sessions by Texas' John Nance Garner, who, as a House member, used to signal Speaker Nicholas Longworth each afternoon that it was time to "strike a blow for liberty." Explained Garner: "You know, you get a couple of drinks in a young Congressman, and then you know what he can do. We pay the tuition by supplying the liquor...
...gathering Communist clan was the realization that the 21st Party Congress could well prove as momentous as the 20th Congress three years ago. at which Khrushchev tearfully and historically denounced Stalin. For weeks past, ominous hints have been gathering that Khrushchev might use the occasion to deal a final blow to his disgraced foes -the "antiparty group" composed of Malenkov, Bulganin. Molotov, Shepilov and Kaganovich. In the usual Communist technique, a crime has to be found to match the punishment, and Khrushchev may well blame the U.S.S.R.'s prime economic problem -low agricultural productivity -on the antiparty men, thus...
...pick half the members of parliament. The chief losers under the new system will be the Moslem Masjumi Party, many of whose leaders backed the "rebellion of the colonels" that still flickers in the outer islands, and the Communists. For the Reds the new Konsepsi is also a bitter blow, since under the old system they had been confident of winning the next elections and coming to power legally. But Red Boss D. N. Aidit was obviously under instructions from Peking not to go into opposition against Sukarno and the efficient Indonesian army under anti-Communist Lieut. General Abdul Haris...
...power is to be cut off entirely, it can be done by extinguishing the rocket's fire. This is almost impossible at atmospheric pressure; if the flaming propellant is extinguished, it tends to relight. But in the vacuum of space all that is necessary is to blow off the rocket's nozzle. The vacuum outside strikes into the rocket's heart. The hot combustion gases are sucked away from the unburned fuel so quickly that they do not heat it to the kindling point. The rocket's fire goes out instantly...