Word: exacts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sights the target through the cross. The sun, shining through the sight, makes a cross-shaped spot of light (B) on the signaler's hand. When the mirror is tilted so that the reflection of this spot (C) coincides with the cross itself (A), the signaler has an exact bead on his target...
...Eighth Air Force returned to Germany last week. Target: Emden's oft-bombed U-boat yards. As usual, the exact effects on the bomb target were unknown. But the effect on the Luftwaffe was terrific: some 500 Fortresses and Liberators shot down 117 German fighters; escorting U.S. fighters shot down 21 more. U.S. loss: 17 bombers, three fighters...
...much as he has already drawn for the year (average per worker: $2,250). This will also add up to $50,000 on the paychecks of a few key men. In so doing, James Lincoln told both the Navy and the Treasury to go to hell, in those exact one-syllable words...
...their gross at home, but perhaps 20 times what British films have ever made in a year in the U.S. Besides that, British earnings in the U.S. are taxed much more heavily than the U.S. companies' gross in Britain. J. Arthur's passion is to exact something nearer...
When the U.S.A.A.F. in China was in its infancy, Chennault personally conducted operations from the ground, throwing flights into the air at the exact time and place for perfect interception of Jap forces. With more bombers and fighters now, he concentrates on overall tactics, shifting his planes in a pattern as intricate as a ballet. The Japanese, hitting back from their Formosa, Hankow, Canton and Indo-China bases, have learned much from their two years of combat with Chennault...