Word: shockingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...unconstitutional wars to back up the nation's Charter pledges. U.S. Presidents have always had the power to send their troops into battle-they have done so many times without committing the nation to war. But Congress has always reserved, and still reserves, the right to follow the shock troops with armies...
...World War I, the Japs are aware that they were beaten on land, sea, and air. Nor do they blame it all on the atomic bomb. They know the war was a total loss, although the Emperor's an nouncement of that fact came at first as a shock and surprise...
...they feel moral guilt for the atrocities committed by their armies? A. Unquestionably, yes. These things genuinely shock them as con traventions of their moral code. In dividual Japs committed more bar barities than the Germans...
Near sea level, sound waves travel through air at about 760 m.p.h. But long before a plane reaches this speed, the layer of air crowding over the wing and other surfaces begins moving as fast as sound in relation to the plane. Thus, a "shock wave" (really a standing sound wave) may form above the wing...
...this point, a frightful thing can happen. The shock wave spoils the airflow over the wing, reducing its lift. The plane's nose drops. Faster & faster it dives. Louder screams the shock wave. The pilot struggles helplessly with the controls, but the tail surfaces do not respond normally. They cannot pull the nose up. Down to earth shoots the plane, with the screech of a siren...