Word: shielding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shield to cover...
...urge. A millimeter is a bug with a large number of legs." Many members of the class were heard to say when leaving that some of Ufford's experiments were infinitely more amusing, recalling the time to whipped out an umbrella from behind the table to shield himself during one of the wetter ones...
Since May the monsoon had been India's best shield against the Japs. With that protection gone until another May, the question was whether enemy raids foretold a major Jap offensive. Out to explore possibilities went U.S. Brigadier General Clayton L. Bissell, chief of the 10th Air Force command, which embraces India, Burma and part of China. After a lengthy air tour General Bissell said that he had found no indication that the Japanese "are momentarily able to take on any large offensive...
...known to throw away a dollar-drove good bargains on all three deals. Reason: like many war babies, the companies were short on working capital and long on excess-profits taxes. But in the Transamerica fold they have millions of working capital at their corporate fingertips, and the tax shield of Transamerica's hefty excess-profits tax exemption. Profits from the Adel plant may triple because the tax rate will be slashed from Adel's 80% to Transamerica...
...Navy has a tradition of playing to win--the-come-back-with-your-shield-or-on-it spirit--which, combined with the determination of the as yet untested Crimson eleven to give a good account of itself in its first encounter, should make for a fine ball game...