Word: obstructionism
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Small dynamite land mines, exploded by instructors, showered the crawling soldiers with geysers of mud. Two-thirds of the way across they ran into a barbed-wire obstruction, had to roll over the first strand, inch along on their backsides under the rest. With red-hot bullets above them, they...
> Flopping on the ground or into a slit trench, or behind any kind of obstruction which breaks the surf of sound, protects ears with surprising effectiveness. So does the old-fashioned trick of sticking fingers into ears. Shields and turrets are good ear savers for gunners.
Sterile Women. Chief cause of barrenness in women is obstruction of the fallopian tubes. Tube closures are caused by gonorrhea, bungled abortions, other infections. About half of them cannot be repaired. Other closures can be opened by flushing iodized oil through the tubes. Sometimes a woman needs as many as...
That evening, broadcasting to the nation in his Navy Day speech, the President clipped Mr. Lewis a glancing blow on his jutting jaw, declared: "Our national will must speak from every assembly line-yes, from every coal mine. ... It cannot be hampered by the selfish obstruction of a small but...
Fortnight ago Pat Harrison underwent an operation for an intestinal obstruction. This week he died. There were still a few Southerners with his old-fashioned political creed left in Congress. But Pat Harrison was a symbol. A chapter was at an end.