Word: pours
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...From the moment that he first came under fire he stood out as the perfect fighting animal, cold, cunning, ruthless, untiring, quick of decision, incredibly brave." Rommel emerged from World War I with only the rank of captain, but he sported a couple of Iron Crosses and the order Pour le Mérite, which the Kaiser reserved generally for heroes, e.g., Air Ace Manfred von Richthofen and high-ranking generals. When the Treaty of Versailles cut the German army down to 100,000 men, Rommel was one of 4,000 officers picked to stay...
...fact that the U.S. economy, which had tripled in size since it was formally pronounced "mature" by New Deal hare-braintrusters in 1936, was still capable of gigantic growth. No one thought that it could grow big enough-or fast enough-in the next few years to pour out civilian goods at 1950's rate and also rearm the nation. But most economists and businessmen knew that, barring the sudden arrival of all-out war, it could grow fast enough to keep the standard of living close to the present level and still meet the arms quotas...
Indo-China waited tensely for the next Communist move. If Red-backed Ho Chi Minh attacks with his Viet Minh army, De Lattre may throw him back, but if the Chinese pour in, as they have in Korea, the slim French forces will have to pull out. Last week the foreign colony which gathers at Hanoi's Metropole Hotel rustled with rumors. Some said that the Chinese were already advancing from Langson, others that there was a deal on with the Viet Minh. The Metropole's atmosphere was one of anxious, noisy gaiety. Foreign newsmen met with free...
...orders are issued. Premature cutbacks will merely cause layoffs and the closing of plants and in the end, U.S. production will be hurt more than helped. Once war orders go out in big enough volume, civilian production will be cut back automatically and the weapons will begin to pour...
This decision, however, is overruled by the larger number who would not allow appeasement, even partial appeasement. "Try to maintain a line at the 38th parallel," they say, "pour in as many men as we need to hold on." If we can not do this now they say, pull out and then go back in again, We cannot afford to lose face in the East, this school claims...