Word: shell
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Some of his recent letters hint at a mental deterioration such as reduced his predecessor to a shell of a man before death." So the Tribune wanted Congress to handle the matter exactly like impeachment, except that the "allegation of mental incapacity" would be substituted for that of impeachable crime in office. "The testimony of competent psychiatrists would, of course, be sought." Afraid that the patient would not submit quietly, the Tribune added: "Since Mr. Truman would still have his veto power, the actual accomplishment of such a process would probably still require a two-thirds vote." The Tribune apparently...
Thereafter, the enemy's efforts died down to feeble probing attacks. Prisoners said that every time the Communists formed up for an attack in force, they were dispersed by shell fire or air attacks...
Beyond Koto there was a bad stretch of road winding through steep gorges. Moving at 3 m.p.h., the column halted several times while engineers filled shell craters in the road. At one point there was a four-hour stop while the engineers built abutments on both sides of a chasm so that a bridge span would reach across. The airplanes silenced much of the enemy fire, except on one agonizing day when the air cover was grounded by a driving snowstorm...
...years since Bulgaria declared her independence of Turkey, the Turkish minority in Bulgaria has lived peaceably. They are hard-shell Moslems, but they get along with their Christian neighbors, stay out of politics...
Back, by Henry Green. A slim but engaging story of an English war veteran who learns that shell shock, a metal leg and the death of his old flame don't mean the end of life after all (TIME...