Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weapons they were using, the combat tactics involved. The show took planes, tanks, ships, guns and submarines into action with an authenticity calculated to grip and instruct nonmilitary listeners. An understanding, restrained use of dramatic techniques, sounds and the special language of World War II gave The Man an impact rare in radio...
...thicker windshields than the usual safety glass. One type of panel developed has tempered glass on the outside, an air space, then two panes of glass holding a half-inch filling of plastic. Exhaust heat is circulated through the air space to prevent ice. This has withstood the impact of a 15-lb. bird fired at over 200 m.p.h...
...becoming increasingly clear that racial discrimination is much more than a subject for speeches and learned essays. It is no longer a regional or even a national problem, but is rather international in its importance. The impact of the war, with its struggle between ideologies diametrically opposed with regard to race, makes racial discrimination in America a gross paradox. And more than this is the cold fact that we must make full use of our manpower if we are to meet fully the requirements...
...impact switch has been developed by Walter Kidde & Co. which automatically releases several pounds of compressed carbon dioxide gas into the engine compartment of a plane if it crashes, thus helps to put out fire even if the pilot is incapacitated. An adjustable trigger device prevents release of the gas by twists in flying, bumps in landing...
...Harvard Crimson on the Completion of 70 years of its history. As President Lowell once remarked, four years constitute the college generation. By that reckoning the Crimson, which has seen more than seventeen generations, is a venerable institution. It has watched many changes in the University, including the impact of three wars. Through all that time, it has represented freely the various shifts of opinion among the young men of each successive generation, and in so doing it has served well both its contemporaries and the University...