Word: shelteredness
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Sheltered by oversolicitous courtiers, the Emperor was largely unaware of the desperate plight of his 26 million subjects until last month. Then thousands of disgruntled Ethiopians took to the streets of Addis Ababa and rioted against inflation for four days. Helmeted police finally cleared the streets but left five demonstrators...
During the war, Honeywell produced the BLU-26/B "guava" bomb. This bomb was first used in secret air raids on neutral Laos in 1966. One mother bomb contains 600 to 700 guavas, each of which releases high-speed steel pellets upon explosion, as well as hot plastic fragments which...
Honeywell also produces the Rockeye II antipersonnel bomb. Between June 30, 1972, and June 30, 1973, the Pentagon bought $30.9 million worth of these bombs. They were heavily used on North Vietnamese cities during the heavy bombing of 1972 and early 1973. One jet sortie could release four canisters, each...
Harvard today is built on blood and nourished by injustice. This has not changed. It has not lessened, but with the passage of years and with the escalation of our corporate predations, it has steadily increased. Each privileged young man of Harvard College who proceeds each afternoon across the ivy...
In the 18 years that have passed since the last Soviet occupation forces left Austrian soil, that tiny gateway nation of Middle Europe had gained friends by being evenhanded to East and West and openhearted to anyone in trouble. When Hungarians fled the Russian repression of 1956, they were sheltered...