Word: fluids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stalingrad Under Fire. The fluid front aimed toward Astrakhan also presented a new threat to Stalingrad. A Don river crossing southwest of the city raised the menace of encirclement from that direction, though the Red Army put up a foot-by-foot defense...
...Chinese Army on the ground was galvanized too. In the complicated mazes of China's fluid tactical plan it had never stopped fighting, but now it fought with new heart. It slashed into the Jap in the north (see p. 21) and in the east, particularly in Kiangsi Province, where by a series of explosive sallies it made the Jap's life miserable. It shook his hold from the eastern railroad net, sliced a big piece out of the vital Chekiang-Kiangsi railway he had spent so much blood to win. From Shensi Province in the inland north...
...fluid is applied to wood by spraying or painting and is not merely a surface protection, for it seeps so completely into the wood that it makes it almost as hard to burn as steel. It will be very important in protecting ships, hangars, factories, and other dwellings from fire...
According to tests made on the fluid, it will neither harm the strength or structure of the wood, while it prevents fungi, takes a coat of paint readily, and has many other distinct advantages over all other kinds which have been invented to date. In tests made with incendiary bombs, the wood remained intact while untreated wood was completely destroyed in a few minutes...
Last week, when things were supposed to be looking better, Morrison cabled: "In military phraseology, the positions are still being described as 'fluid.' When the present pressure is relieved, perhaps someone will compile a glossary of military cliches for the benefit of people living in a homelier world. Certainly such a glossary would contain the word 'fluid,' probably translated for the layman in this way: 'Our boys are catching hell and the outcome is uncertain...