Word: sneaks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...essence of the Soviet's strategy for world conquest," he said flatly, "is to lull Americans into a sleep of death by talking peace until the Soviet Union possesses enough hydrogen bombs and intercontinental bombers to pulverize the airfields and productive centers of the United States by a sneak attack . . . The Soviet Union will not stop of its own volition. It must be stopped...
...vastly expanded" radar and microwave warning system, to alert Okinawa, Japan, Korea, Guam and other outposts in the Pacific, as well as the U.S., against a sneak attack by the Communists. "Regardless of the expense," said the governors, "we feel that this must be done so that there will be no future Pearl Harbors...
...Hell, all we're trying to do is sneak...
...look at the second line of command shows how dizzily history's pendulum has swung back. The new air operations chief helped plan the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is a former official of the Home Ministry which ran Japan's Gestapo-like KempeiTai (Thought Police). The secretary of the JCS was once secretary to Premier Hideki Tojo, hanged 5½ years ago for war crimes. Half of the new army officers and three-fourths of the naval officers fought against the U.S. in World...
...after only a year and a half, 4,854 men had died, and the causes noted on death certificates caught Hammond's eye. He asked A.M.A. to put him on its convention program. A.M.A. said no. So Hammond gave A.M.A. bigwigs a sneak preview of his figures; they promptly changed their minds and gave him a top billing for the opening day's scientific sessions...