Word: phosgene
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...deserve the fair" might be called the keynote of the Romancers. Of course, that's changed now. Only the bread-winners deserve the fair in these degenerate days. But then, the whole structure has changed. Who can imagine D'Artagnan carrying on his habitual warfare with a tank of phosgen strapped upon his back, or Robert Clay sitting in his but and slaying his enemies with electrically controlled bombing planes! Individual fighting and even retail killing may appeal to the animal instincts, artistically cloaked with Romance, but wholesale killing with up-to-date scientific equipment is unlikely to furnish many...
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