Word: net
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ship of France's Navy not already knocked out or taken over by Britain. Mightiest Frenchman of them all, the brand-new, 35,000-ton Battleship Richelieu, mounting eight 15-inch guns and a bristling mass of lesser armament, lay somewhat ahead in the tropic darkness, inside a net-boom in the harbor of Dakar. Smaller French warships lay there, too, to protect her, and all were well warned of an impending attack. For the Richelieu's commander had been signaled and had refused surrender terms similar to those offered Vice Admiral Gensoul for his squadron at Oran...
With a volunteer crew, Bristowe entered a twin-motored ship's launch. Starting far offshore, it purred in quietly to the steel harbor net, which it passed over safely. Through the thick darkness Commander Bristowe felt his way undetected to the looming bulk of the Richelieu, and around under her stern. There to damage the giant's propellers and steering gear, his men put overboard a batch of depth charges so powerful that, when they went off, the harbor-heaving concussion knocked dead both of Bristowe's launch motors. As French shouts, searchlights and anti-aircraft fire...
With no time to spare, Hero Bristowe and crew reached and repassed the barrage net, which luckily enmeshed their pursuers. Dawn broke in time for them to see the Richelieu's grand finale. Seaplanes from the Hermes came skimming in and loosed five long-snouted sea torpedoes. Titanic explosions shook the ocean and the mighty Richelieu settled by the stern in shallow water, surrounded by a vast pool of oil. Destroyed was one more threat to Britain's sea rule, and into R. N.'s log went an exploit to rank with that of U. S. Captain...
...Westrick proposals, plausible and businesslike, appeal to the U. S. economy in its most vulnerable spot. Their net: a post-war era of harmony between Europe (i.e., Germany) and the U. S. would mean a boom for the U. S., especially U. S. farmers, and would relieve the U. S. Government of two of its thorniest problems: 1) its $19,000,000,000 pile of idle gold, and 2) Latin America...
...Senator Robert Marion La Follette Jr. tacked an approximate copy of the old 1918 war-&-excess-profits taxes on to the Morgenthau bill. To his surprise it passed right through the Senate but the joint conference killed it. Main provisions of the La Follette rider, aimed at all corporate net incomes (in addition to the ordinary corporate income...