Word: radius
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...boats' armament included new torpedoes, evidently derived from magnetic and sonic mines with which the British long since learned how to cope. Attracted toward a ship's stern by the metal mass, the torpedoes exploded automatically when they came within the radius of the propeller vibrations. Once the propellers were crippled or destroyed, the ship was then an easy mark for conventional torpedoes...
...looked down anxiously on Salamaua. With the capture of Salamaua' the apex would become really hot, within a 500-mile radius of U.S.-held corners of the triangle, within range of U.S. bombers and fighter escorts...
That brought up the problem of what informal football meant. Did it just mean that the schedule was wiped out and the H. A. A. started from scratch, arranging games with teams within a reasonable radius, or did it mean that anything out of the ten-cent range was verboten? Are informal games played in the Stadium? Do Informal teams have uniforms...
...army's orders confined ASTU men to a 50-mile radius of enjoyment over the Independence Day celebration, but the restriction of area didn't cut down the glee with which the soldiers scattered to beaches, baseball parks, golf courses, picnics and family outings...
...Michigan, to accommodate war workers, a large percentage of the hatchery output has been dumped into the many small lakes lying within a radius of 45 miles of Detroit, Flint and Pontiac...