Word: ironclad
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Explanation: Under "unknown circumstances," i.e., snarled by red tape, the Navy had continued to send the commander his retirement pay after it was officially cut off. The Journal again front-paged the story, raised a ruckus that may well prompt congressional action to give servicemen ironclad retirement benefits...
Turtle Afloat. Koreans proudly point back to the days when the country was the base from which Buddhism was launched in Japan, and a prime influence on Japan's ceramic art. Not only did Koreans print with movable type 50 years before Gutenberg, and launch an ironclad ship (in the form of a turtle) that devastated the Japanese fleet in 1592, but over the centuries they have made a rich contribution to the art of the Orient...
...national of even the most friendly foreign country--and after all, the bulk of basic research in atomic physics and rocketry has been done by foreigners. Moreover, such a disqualifying factor as having even distant relatives in a Soviet-bloc country, though sensible in general, has become an ironclad rule. But perhaps the most outstanding excess of the men in padded shoes is demanding exhaustive security clearance for minor and non-sensitive posts: file clerks, janitors, and supply-room employees...
...record," pointed out that while Erich Ollenhauer and his Social Democrats had voted as a bloc on 162 ballots during the last Bundestag session, the Christian Democrats and their supporters had split on more than 100. "Who did they say was not democratic?" snorted Adenauer. "We do not impose ironclad discipline on our members." Then Adenauer hit out at the Socialists on foreign policy. "We stand by NATO and above all by a unified Europe," said the Chancellor. "Where do the Socialists stand...
...over the logs. He came surging back in a hail of musket fire that tore off the sole of his left shoe and ripped out the back of his uniform. The boat breasted the logs and hung suspended, just 10 ft. from the muzzle of one of the ironclad's 8-in. guns. Carefully, Cushing lowered the torpedo into position and gently pulled the 25-ft. line that released the firing pin. Simultaneously, the torpedo exploded...