Word: ducks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...those directly under an air burst there may be no warning; there is nothing they can do, anyhow. But if the bomb bursts a mile or more away, it gives its own warning: the 100-sun glare of the fire ball. Then, says AEC, don't look-duck. If you are in the open, drop to the ground and curl up so as to cover your arms and hands, face and neck as much as possible. Even paper or cloth will cut down flash burns; stepping into a shadow may reduce heat radiation below the danger point...
Furuhashi's father, in a wrinkled duck suit, panama hat and toothy grin, was exuberant over his son's triumphs but pessimistic about the meet as a whole. "America-san [Mister America] however very strong," he murmured. As it developed, he was right: the U.S. team swept the back- and breaststroke events, won the meet...
Ever White. Southwest from Paektu along the Manchurian border flows the Yalu River, blue-green with melted snow and ice from its mountain source, and known to Koreans as the Am Nok (Green Duck). Springing northeast from Paektu, the cold Tumen River separates Korea from eastern Manchuria and Siberia. On the Yalu and along the swift-flowing tributaries of the Tumen stand the Japanese-built hydroelectric plants which, until the power lines were cut by the Communists at the 38th parallel, provided 90% of the electricity used in all Korea...
...jumped out and the G.I. driver threw up his hands to surrender. Both were cut down by a merciless blast from the machine gun. A Red soldier then jumped into the road and drew a bead on Little with his rifle. Luckily, the weapon jammed. Little had time to duck into the shelter of a house by the roadside. Said he, later, 'I could see every inch of rifling down his gun barrel, I was so close...
...Jacob Jr.) Baer, hulking (6 ft. 6½ in.) brother of ex-Heavyweight Champ Max Baer, came out second best in a tussle with the King of Beasts. Passing by a lion's cage on the set of MGM's Quo Vadis, Buddy scarcely had time to duck when a big paw shot through the bars, ripped his shirt from shoulder to waist, clawed an inch-deep gash in his left...