Word: endlessly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...know that some of our traditions and institutions may perish in resisting this subversion of the mind, but all will surely perish if no resistance is made. That is the choice we have." In this mood Tomlinson sees nothing "unreasonable, therefore, in the substitution on the shore below of endless coils of barbed wire for the children who were there last year." He likes the thought that, should invaders ever reach that beach, they will be met by "a very horrible great blast of fire from all the tussocks of grass above...
...dawn broke clean and sharp. In their cages near by, two lions stretched, began their endless prowling. A caged cock pheasant woke screaming. A hare ran quickly over the brittle, dew-smirched summer grass. Stripped to the waist, two men faced each other -one young (32), lean and handsome, the other older (51), swarthy, heavy-shouldered...
Robinson was the man who decided to freeze the designs of combat ships in each category, thus stopping endless delays for changes. Robinson was the man who surveyed and lined up the nation's shipbuilding facilities, so that when Congress provided the cash for the 70% expansion of the Fleet in September 1940 almost all contracts were awarded within an hour after Franklin Roosevelt signed the bill...
...drums, where heat drives off 96% of their water in ten to 20 seconds. Steam rising rapidly from the food prevents oxidation, as when apples turn brown. Vacuums (or inert gases such as carbon dioxide) are sometimes used to keep air away. Tomatoes come off the drum like an endless sheet of red crepe paper, crumble into microscopic flakes which will store well for at least three years. Best products: tomatoes, potatoes, apples, bananas, peaches, peas, squash, pumpkin...
...generals, quiet and scholarly, would talk here of their old campaigns and think up new ones. At one time or another Franz von Papen, Hitler's ambassador to Ankara . . . would rest in the lobby. . . . Suave Dr. Clodius, Hitler's economic wizard, would recover his breath here after endless discussions with General Antonescu. . . . Even Frau Himmler, wife of the Gestapo chief, looking like Elsa Maxwell, came and ate big portions of whipped cream...