Word: spike
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reasons for this mighty experiment confused some people. Scientist W. A. Higinbotham, chairman of the Federation of Atomic Scientists, said he did not "see much object" in the test. But "Spike" Blandy thought his mission was crystal clear: to test a new weapon and to lay the foundation for defense" against it. He explained...
Next week: Dame May Whitty playing the washboard in Spike Jones's orchestra. After a suitable buildup, the famed stage-&-screen dowager with the impeccable enunciation will address the mike in a slightly Yiddish accent: "You were expecting maybe Mrs. Nussbaum...
...there had been a fine show of high-minded cooperation between the services. But no one doubted that the emotional explosion would come after the atomic shock waves had died away. Said the Navy's No. 1 ordnance man, Vice Admiral W. H. P. ("Spike") Blandy, chairman of the planning committee: "I have no illusions; there will be controversy later...
Like the newspaper he edits, solid, affable Erwin Dain ("Spike") Canham of the Christian Science Monitor seldom raises his voice. When he does, he gets a hearing. Last week Editor Canham left his desk in Boston to speak to a meeting of newspaper admen in Chicago. At the end of his speech came a stinger...
...Nimitz is Admiral DeWitt C. ("Duke") Ramsey, 57, longtime naval aviator who is Vice Chief of Naval Operations. Under him are six deputy chiefs, all vice admirals: Forrest P. ("Fuzz") Sherman, 49 (operations); Richard L. ("Close-In") Conolly, 53 (administration); W. H. P. ("Spike") Blandy, 55 (special weapons); Louis E. Denfeld, 54 (personnel); Arthur W. Radford, 49 (air); William S. Farber, 60 (logistics), the only holdover...