Word: mortar
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...effort to lessen the tension of the slums is its "demonstration cities" program, a two-year, $900 million effort that will provide a subsidy of up to 80% to overhaul selected slum areas in 60 or 70 cities. A comprehensive attack, it is more than a mere brick-and-mortar program, concerning itself with such nonhousing problems as schooling, unemployment, health and recreation. The plan was approved by the Senate last week, but faces a rough-fight in the House-a possibility that the President clearly had in mind in publicly urging the Congress to action...
...sides by mountains filled with enemy troops. The marines were to move up the two river valleys on either side of Hill 208, which intelligence reported was the 324th Division command post. It was also a fortress. No sooner had the leathernecks advanced within range of the hill than mortar fire rained down on them from all sides, while hidden machine guns opened up. The marines were pinned down for three days before they finally decided to pull back. Then, when all but two platoons had withdrawn, a horde of 1,000 enemy troops in green twill uniforms and sneakers...
...Anderson sped toward the crippled plane. Before he arrived, the crew bailed out: one pilot dropped into the waters of the Gulf barely half a mile from the North Viet Nam coast, the other a mile farther out. Both were soon under heavy shore fire from machine guns and mortars as they bobbed helplessly in the water. Six U.S. fighter planes zoomed in to blast the shore batteries while Anderson set his Albatross down in the rolling swells. While mortar shells fell within 30 yds. of the amphibian, first one pilot, then the other was pulled to safety. Within...
Another story concerns the foreman at a construction site who is mixing his mortar by hand although a new mechanical mixer is available. When an American technician asks why the mixer is not used, the foreman replies proudly: "I am one day ahead of schedule now, so why bother with the machine?" Moral: Asians have no sense of urgency...
Pulpit Plugs. Greatest test of Daley's strength was another, more ambitious bond issue for $195 million to finance such brick-and-mortar improvements as rapid-transit extensions, street and alley lighting, and 63 miles of new sewers. As the city-hall machine moved into overdrive, bank depositors found among their canceled checks flyers urging a yes vote, police and firemen trod sidewalks distributing literature, and Chicago's Roman Catholic Archbishop John P. Cody resorted to the pulpit to plug the measure. Result: the bonds passed by a 2-to-1 margin...