Word: protectionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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I thought I'd die. That boat had to stay to pick up survivors and give protection to the convoy, and there I was lying on the deck. The navy came in then. Jeeze, they were good. Then we pulled out, and had a few engagements going home, but...
Last week the R.A.F. tried what it had rejected. Ninety-four Lancaster four-motored planes bombed the Schneider-Creusot gun works (chief works of the famed French trust & munitions cartel) and the Henri Paul power plant in daylight. There was no fighter protection. Only one bomber failed to return.
The firepower and protection of U.S. fighting aircraft (guns, armor and leakproof fuel tanks) are equal in all cases to the best our Allies and the enemy have in the air, and in some cases are decidedly superior. In these necessities, brought forth by the war, U.S. aircraft were deficient...
Curtiss P-40-single-engine, liquid-cooled. Most discussed of all U.S. combat aircraft, this fighter has the virtues of heavy hitting power, excellent armor, high diving speed, and the leakproof tanks common to all U.S. combat aircraft. Against the Zero it has proved, on the average, to be superior...
If you discriminate against me because I am uncouth, I can become mannerly. If you ostracize me because I am unclean, I can cleanse myself. If you segregate me because I lack knowledge, I can become educated. But if you discriminate against me because of my color, I can do...