Word: flash
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...night of Feb. 28, 1942, a radio flash told the Navy that its cruiser Houston had joined battle with the Japs. Then there was silence. Everyone knew the Houston must have gone down; everyone was sure that she had gone down gallantly. But not until last week, when the Navy gathered reports from survivors who had been held incommunicado in Japanese prison camps until the end of the war, was the story told...
...same positions which a human crew would occupy in battle stations: rats in the turrets, on deck, in engine rooms, gun-tubs and bridges. The goats will be tethered among them. Some of the pigs, whose skin approximates human skin, will be dressed in standard Navy anti-flash suits and smeared with anti-flash lotion. A few will have new and secret protection. There will be no human volunteers, although one William Parker, 46, of Los Angeles had offered himself, and was calling for fellow self-sacrificers...
...Dark objects absorbed more radiant heat than light ones. Many a Japanese was branded in stripes from the pattern on his shirt. The gay, flowered designs on the dresses of Japanese women were stenciled in charred exactitude upon their bodies. A mile and a half from the bomb, the flash of heat was strong enough to blister the ace or set a forest afire...
Labor's bill would not transform the barren land of British mining into a Utopia. Shafts would still be too narrow for modern machinery. Antiquated methods, deep tunnels, high accident rates would still plague the sick British industry. Bitter miners would continue slowdowns and flash strikes...
...flash bulbs on Toscanini-they hurt his eyes," Davis protested. "He'll go right back to New York and we won't have a symphony." More words passed. Music-Lover Davis grabbed Photographer Ballew's flash bulbs, tackled him, smashed his camera. Someone put in a police riot call, and in the excitement Toscanini came & went, unphotographed...