Word: launching
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chance at the Air Force's strategic bombing role. Flourishing figures from World War II, the Navy claimed that attack carriers were not only the best way of bringing air power to bear at sea; as a movable, hit-&-run base, the supercarrier would be able to launch a surprise attack with atom bombs against any target anywhere...
...least $50 billion, not $15 billion. Said Mahon: "These men did not predict an early outbreak of war, but they agreed that some unpredictable development might throw us suddenly into conflict . . . This, however, was not anticipated . . . No military leader has made the remotest suggestion that we should launch an unprovoked attack upon any country on earth . . . No military man before us recommended complete preparation for war. Nothing would please a potential enemy better than to have us bankrupt our country and destroy our economy by maintaining complete readiness for armed conflict." As it is, added Mahon, "This year we will...
Love has been drilling his three boats in the refinements of racing this past week. Much of the emphasis has been on starts. Crews start with a half slide and then, immediately launch into a high stroke. All this takes practice--especially for freshmen...
...polls will be circulated in the House dining halls at launch and dinner and results will be incorporated in the Committee's final report which will appear before the year is over...
...powerful transmitter operating from the officials' launch, will relay the race reports to the finish line where a group of technicians will broadest the information to crowds along the shore. Several loudspeakers, newly acquired by the Crimson Key, will assure a wide range of audibility...