Word: neutral
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...night of May 31, 1941, bombs thudding into neutral Dublin caused 35 deaths and a strong Irish protest. Many a Dubliner suspected the Sassenachs, but investigation proved the bomb fragments German. Last week Dubliners learned from the R.A.F. that the bombing of Dublin had been an English trick after...
Nearest goal for spaceships is the boundary where the earth's gravitational pull and the moon's are equally strong. This "neutral point" comes closest to the earth (160,000 mi.) when the moon's rather feeble attraction is reinforced by that of the sun directly behind it. So a space-voyage to the moon should be made when the moon is "new" and almost in line with the sun. Voyages to Venus, Mars and other planets have been plotted by similar calculations. They would take more time, not much more energy...
...Neutral Ground. Harry Truman was now hell-bent to prevent the first travail. Just the day before, Murray and Fairless had broken up a fruitless two-day conference in U.S. Steel's Manhattan headquarters at 71 Broadway. They had come closer together than ever before, but not close enough. Phil Murray, who had originally demanded a flat raise of $2 a day, or 25? an hour, had backed down to 19½?. Ben Fairless, who had not made any offer before, had shown willingness...
...neutral White House ground, the two combatants were met by Snyder, Labor Secretary Lew Schwellenbach and Presidential Adviser John Steelman. The five men stayed in the long, narrow office but 20 minutes. Then they moved over to the more commodious Cabinet Room, which has a connecting door to Harry Truman's office. That door stayed closed...
...best, the legal grounds for the Big Four demands for German property in neutral countries are shaky. Sweden has already objected to informal demands, has cooperated to the extent of earmarking German interests, pending the presentation of satisfactory legal claims. Last week the State Department complained that Nixon's "misleading" charges had aggravated the difficulties...