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Word: paratroop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Russian atomic attack on the U.S. than cities like New York and Detroit. That is why he keeps his men on ever-ready alert; why all of them constantly wear sidearms ; why Offutt is fenced in and on the watch for saboteurs and guarded against paratroop surprise; why two men have been trained to spring to LeMay's side in case of trouble. It is why, too-though they know the decisions of state are not theirs to make-that men in SAC often fidget at the notion that they must first be hit before they can hit back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Background For War: MAN IN THE FIRST PLANE | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

...from Paris newsstands and burned them. Last month the morning paper had to barricade its doors and windows as 1,500 Communists rioted outside. They had made the most of the opportunity to protest against publication of the memoirs of Nazi Storm Trooper Otto ("Scarface") Skorzeny, who led the paratroop raid to release Mussolini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Fools & Opposition | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

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