Word: dreadnought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Adolf Hitler saw the great dreadnought as the key to ending Britain's naval supremacy. Even Winston Churchill conceded that the 823-ft., 42,000-ton German battleship was a "masterpiece of naval construction." Rather than emerging as the scourge of the Atlantic, however, the Bismarck fell victim to a superior British force in one of World War II's most spectacular naval engagements. Only nine days after leaving on her first combat mission, she was sunk on May 27, 1941, with all but about 115 of her 2,200-man crew aboard...
...dreadnought is really shipshape, it seems, without a set of ceremonial silver. When the Missouri was mothballed back in 1955, ten years after the surrender ceremony ending World War II was held on her decks as she lay at anchor in Tokyo Bay, 338-piece silver set was returned to the citizens of Missouri, who had generously donated the finery. With the Missouri returning to action, the Navy wanted the silver back. Problem was, Missouri Governor John Ashcroft wanted to hang on to the ship's engraved punch-bowl set, which has been on display at the state capital...
Mondale said later that "the last four or five days, I could feel something happen." But not until Sunday night, when the ABC-Washington Post poll put Mondale and Hart in a dead heat, did the Mondale dreadnought realize it was sinking. "We were 'pretty surprised," said one top aide. "It happened in 48 hours. It was a trend we couldn't get hold of." As worried aides analyzed the plummeting polls, they began praying for clear weather. A snowstorm would keep home elderly voters and complacent party regulars, Mondale's core constituency...
Early Saturday morning 30 fun loving Ruggers and undisclosed quantities of Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer will pile into two thrity-foot-long Winnebagos and two automobiles. The Harvard Rugby Club is embarking on its "1980 Dreadnought Rugby Tour" to Florida next week...