Word: float
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hands and elbows, to be sure of good circulation and the ability to handle guns when they reach the front; 2) to protect their eyes from tiny fragments from land mines, they should wear Plexiglas goggles or masks; 3) to avoid the concussion of depth charges, swimming sailors should float on their backs...
...model democracy of tropical America, had a wild mass meeting. From all over the country skillfully organized followers of Presidential candidate León Cortés Castro streamed into the neat little capital of San José (pop. 76,000). All night they paraded and chanted. A float showed Communists hanged in effigy. Next day 25,000, including many screaming women, jammed into the Plaza Gonzalez Víquez to cheer their candidate. The hospital of San Juan de Dios had installed 50 extra beds. Soon most were occupied. Two men were killed, 35 badly injured...
...sinking our squawkbox sounded: 'Jap snooper is closing.' One cruiser opened fire with two destroyers joining. ... At 9:50 p.m. the squawkbox said: 'A group of planes is closing. They are dropping float lights. Another group is off our starboard bow, now closing...
...Monopoly." Unlike the U.S. cinema industry, Britain's movie business has never been a cut-&-dried, Big-Five or Big-Seven operation: stars and producers float around from studio to studio; some of the biggest producing companies have no studios of their own; some of the biggest studio owners have virtually no production under their own trademarks. This intricate, fluid setup was a natural for a man with J. Arthur Rank's wealth and financial acumen. Until he descended upon the British cinema industry, this setup had also been a natural for the big U.S. producers, who made...
...maybe not. What suspicious Reader Ingold saw was the end section of a pontoon used by LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) to float the ramp when it cannot get up to a beach...