Word: rearward
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...manufactory stands another old establishment with a new lease on life: yellow, clapboarded Brattle Hall. For years an annual set of Saturday night subscription dances, fondly remembered by contemporaries of U. M. Pulbam and others as the "Brats," were held here. And sporadically, throughout many a winter, its grimly rearward rooms were taken over by obstreperous young amateur thespians who would onliven otherwise dull performances by jiggling scenery and communicating in loud whispers with the actors on stage...
Secret of the kickless weapon: it lets some of the powder blast drive to the rear through the breech as the projectile is driven forward. Result: the rearward blast cancels out the "kick" of the gun. One of the weapon's drawbacks: the blast-a fiery column 12-to-15 ft. long, about 4 ft. in diameter-might betray its location to the enemy...
...rearward thrust of high-speed gases drives the vehicle forward. This is in accord with Newton's law that every action has an equal and opposite reaction or recoil...