Word: sinkful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Submarine Expert Heinz Bongartz: "In pursuing the U-boat warfare Germany has the choice of two methods: either to sink as much tonnage as possible, as was done in 1942 (and which would inevitably lead to catastrophe for the enemy), or to apply attrition tactics aimed merely at 'neutralizing' the enemy's new building program...
Most of these submarines were in the 740-ton class or over, carried 4.1-inch guns, anti-aircraft guns and six 21-inch torpedo tubes. Fueled and armed, they could cruise up to 15,000 miles for six to eight weeks, had enough torpedoes to sink at least half a dozen ships, ammunition for their deck guns to take care of more if they found stragglers who could be sent to the bottom by shell fire...
...C.I.O. leaders to demand a veto of certain labor bills (outlawing jurisdictional strikes, calling for union elections at least every four years). Harold Stassen looked at the bills, said he did not think they would hamper "good unions." The conference broke up amicably; said a departing C.I.O. leader: "Sink a few Japs for us, Governor...
...Japanese is: never under estimate them. Last week he told the North American Newspaper Alliance: "We will have to go in and beat Japan to her knees. Those Japs will never surrender. The only peace they will recognize is peace under their own terms. We will have to sink their shipping, bomb their cities and then invade their land. That is the only...
Independents and wildcats are corded together like Siamese twins. Normally the independents sink 75% of the wildcats, do most of the probing for new oil fields to replace those sucked dry by an oil-burning world. At least a dozen Texas independents have recently sold part or all of their holdings to major companies...