Word: shelling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Atget, an unsuccessful actor, turned to photography and began the project on which his fame rests--the photographic documentation of Paris. His portfolio included studies of buildings, fountains, churches and home interiors, as well as pictures of art objects. From the outer shell of the city he worked into its living core, moving among the people to catch an unforgettable panorama of faces and figures...
...extraordinary speed and combat capabilities that U.S. planemakers have built into the new century fighters were well summed up by Lockheed's Chief Engineer C. L. Johnson: "Give us a 16-in. shell up there, and we'll outrace it-or shoot it down. Not at all impossible. After all, the velocity of this shell at 35,000 ft. is 300 ft. per second. We can sure go that fast...
Gerschenkron, who is also active in the Russian Research Committee, considered the new doctrine "an innovation," but emphasized that the Soviets are presently interested in relaxing tensions to combat spiralling inflationary tendencies within the USSR. He added that Marxism was today merely an empty shell within which the Russians develop opportunist policies, and that Khrushchev had definitely refuted Marxist doctrines in several portions of his speech...
...stage was set for the first controversial act surrounding the great archeological find. Political unrest in Palestine worsened with bloody Arab-Isreali clashes. After a priest at St. Mark's died of shell fire, the Archbishop decided to remove the Scrolls to safety, which to him, at least, meant the United States. There was question of ownership, because the Jordan government has first rights on all archeological finds. Consequently Samuel was not able to sell the Scrolls immediately for the large sum he had hoped. Not until seven years later could he dispose of his priceless possession, despite an exhibition...
...PROGRESSIVIST GOVERNMENT." Correspondent Stevens cut in: "What about evolution in Italy since you had your republican revolution?" At this point, wrote Stevens, "the President pensively removed the heavy tortoise-shell glasses that usually hide his expression, and smiled a sly Tuscan smile (every Tuscan has some Machiavelli in him and Signor Gronchi rather more than his share). 'I was the first to advocate a so-called opening to the left,' he answered, 'and I'm still in favor...