Word: counterpunched
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...machine tools. For its heavy military business in the '30s, Vickers was tagged a "merchant of death." But in World War II, its fabled Spitfire (935,000 sorties by 1945) helped win the Battle of Britain, and its slab-sided Wellington bomber supplied the R.A.F.'s first counterpunch...
...also are to be confirmed as Communists. The Red government recently announced that boys and girls just graduating from school should undergo "Youth Dedications," at which they will be indoctrinated, converted to atheism and pledged to the service of the state. Last week the Evangelical Church delivered a quick counterpunch. Children participating in such ceremonies, proclaimed a pastoral letter read in East Zone pulpits, will not be eligible for church confirmation: "Our Lord Jesus Christ said, 'He that is not with Me is against...
...middle of the second round, both fighters were smeared with blood. The music rose to a frenzied tattoo. With every blow, the 8,000 Thais in the stadium chanted for more blood. Sriswasdi jerked Kaeh's head down and kneed him viciously under the chin, blocked a feeble counterpunch, spun his man around and jabbed at his ribs with both elbows. Dazed, his opponent backed away. Sriswasdi took aim and kicked him in the groin, finished him off with a knee in the belly. The crowd screamed approval...
Considerations: i) The Communists are almost totally mobile, and may concentrate against any single point; the French must rely upon the heavy counterpunch...
...took a step that was either a courageous act or a big mistake. At a press conference, two reporters, whose stories had been critical of McCarthy's hearings, needled Stevens into saying: "We have been unable to find anything relating to espionage." McCarthy burned and bored into the counterpunch. He grimly promised to open up the hearings and "let the evidence speak for itself." The Harry Dexter White case, which had given Joe $300,000 worth of free TV time, greatly enhanced interest in his revival of the Fort Monmouth hearings...