Word: scrapped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leaving his luxurious apartment late at night. Still retaining his facade of trust. Claude suggests the man could be a "repairman." At 1.00 in the morning? "The only thing that breaks at that time of the morning," the detective says, "are the hearts of men like us." Fitting every scrap of evidence into his now increasingly suspicious mind, Claude concludes the socks of his wife's lover belong to Max Stein (Armand Assante), his protege and rising violin player. Still in New York, Claude is ready for more than sulking...
...Cancel deployment or scrap weapons intended primarily for a counterforce-targeted against military installation and silos. If we do not intend to conduct a first strike, counterforce targeting would, logically, become unnecessary, since a second strike on Soviet silos would probably fall on empty holes...
Harry S Truman liked a good scrap, but in 1951 he quickly backed down when American Protestants erupted in fury against his plan to extend diplomatic recognition to the Vatican. Even the President's own Baptist pastor in Washington denounced the idea from the pulpit. So abashed was Truman that he eliminated the post of the President's "personal representative" to the Holy...
...next day the Marine commander, Brigadier General Jim Joy, described the engagement: "We fought a pretty good scrap for three hours. We acquitted ourselves well. I was extremely proud of this organization." Then he explained how it had happened that ten Marines were clustered in a rooftop bunker that "probably should not have had more than four...
...little hard to follow after the Cadets used two eight-point spurts in the first 13 minutes to jump to an early 22-10 lead. "After they got a lead they became a much better team," Harvard Captain Ken Plutnicki said yesterday, "and as a result, we had to scrap the game plan...