Word: cannonism
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...separate chapter in the annals of the institution is the monumental work done by Miss Annle J. Cannon in compiling the Henry Draper Catalogue. She worked through the terms of both Pickering and Shapley. Her classification of all the stars in the sky down to the eighth magnitude was one of the largest investigations ever conducted in this or any other observatory...
...seized bayonets, and sliced their way through British flesh to mastery of the H.M.S. Renown. The dawn lit a scarlet scene: human rubble on the decks, the scuppers running with gore, the Spaniards in command. Brave Lieut. Bush, bleeding from nine wounds, lay hidden after the melee behind a cannon's hulk. "What would England say?" he asked himself bitterly. "What would the navy say?" Ah God, if only Hornblower had been there...
...addition to the usual lures, Winthrop can add another that no other House can touch--Dan Cannon. Assistant superintendent, Dan actually has talents that go far beyond what the title of his job suggests. He will build your bookcase or new chair for you, dissert for hours on the problems of modern Ireland, tell stories in his emerald brogue, or help get a party rolling on a football week...
Cavendish Cannon, 57, career man (32 years) and able troubleshooter, served as political adviser at the Moscow and Potsdam conferences during World War II, Ambassador to Belgrade (1947-49) during Tito's break with Moscow, then minister in Syria where he tried to ease Moslem resentment over U.S. recognition of Israel: to become Ambassador to Portugal replacing Lincoln MacVeagh, confirmed this week as Ambassador to Spain...
...roads in the jungle. A human chain of 50,000 Chinese moved 4,000 tons of war material south to the Communist forces. Included, according to French reports: 10 million Chinese-made cartridges, 100,000 mortar shells, 100,000 hand grenades. Russian-built trucks hauled in heavy cannon; Chinese "military advisers" stiffened Viet Minh's 45,000 regulars...