Word: shield
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...With one-tenth as many ships as World War II's massed armadas, it will have infinitely more firepower. Forged into a unit by its communications system and far-ranging missilry, it could disperse itself over an ocean area the size of Indiana, so that even if its shield were pierced, not more than one of its ships could be knocked out by any one existing weapon. As the admirals see it, that task force could appear on a given afternoon off any enemy coast, rain atomic-or thermonuclear-destruction, disperse rapidly, pop up the next afternoon to strike...
...function of the supermarket is to provide the housewife with all the necessities-for her table, her home, her family." Thus Lansing P. Shield, president of Grand Union Co., last week set forth the big goal of Grand Union. With 46 giant new stores to be opened this year, Shield will invade the provinces of the hardware and the drug stores, push forward into the catchall domain of the dime store, turn the modern supermarket into a junior self-service department store...
...trading stamps in the hotly competitive Metropolitan New York market. When it adds clothing departments next month, Grand Union will give more space to nonfood items than any other big chain. By moving beyond the traditional grocery lines into dry goods, readymade clothing and home furnishings, Lansing Shield has brought about a sharp change in supermarketing, and made Grand Union one of the fastest-growing chains in the nation...
...automatic controls were shut off, and the reactor was made to surge without them. A technician stood ready at the manually operated controls, waiting for a command from the scientist in charge. Deep under its shield the core grew hotter and hotter, its temperature rising toward the danger point. The scientist, watching the instruments, told the technician to shut the reactor off instantly, but his order was misunderstood; the technician used control devices that were too slow. Before they could take effect the core had partially melted. Instruments warned of radiation danger, the alarm was given, and the building...
...Algerians in Paris, was transferred from mainland France to an island off the Brittany coast. Reflecting new allied sympathy for France's efforts, SHAPE Commander General Al Gruenther gave his approval to France's withdrawal of two first-class divisions from NATO's European shield in Germany, declaring that Algeria was "indispensable to Western defense...