Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...gave way at the first impact. Fighting was fierce. The fog was now very thick and mud-colored, so it was hard to tell friend from foe. The police hit hard. When four or five police got a single demonstrator in a corner, they beat him without mercy. The demonstrators' most effective weapons were the paving stones they had ripped up. About 20 police retreated with badly bashed faces...
When scientists send up research rockets to probe the thin upper atmosphere, they generally kiss their instruments goodbye. Few scientific gadgets survive the impact when the spent rocket hits the earth at thousands-of-miles-per-hour speed. Ordinary parachutes are no help because they are generally torn to shreds before they can waft the instruments to earth...
...bell," Jordan invited. "It's easy--watch how Elmer does it." End Coach Elmer Madar grinned sheepishly, hitched up his pants, and charged the dummy. There was a sincere smack and the weight on the end of the pulley jerked upward and slammed into the iron bar with the impact of a pistol shot...
Living-1948 (Sun. 4:35 p.m., NBC). TV's impact on life...
...impact of the candidates themselves, which stirred many to vote for Harry Truman's fighting campaign, and sent others to the polls in revolt against the lofty Dewey platitudes...