Word: tanked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That night, while Bevin dined in the Palace, the harried Davies faced the combined attack of Labor Party rebels and the Tory opposition. Under heavy pressure, Davies finally announced: "No tank will be shipped to Egypt before [Mr. Bevin] has come to the House and reported...
...essential part is a spherical stainless steel tank one foot in diameter. Inside is a water solution of uranyl nitrate which contains 1.9 lb. of fissionable U-235. Water running through a coiled tube keeps the reactor cool, and another tube piercing the sphere gives access to its interior. One big advantage of HYPO is that it is self-regulating. If the chain reaction gets going too fast, the solution heats up and expands, reducing its density and therefore its reactivity. So the reaction slows down automatically until the solution has cooled off. This built-in stability makes HYPO...
Advance elements of the U.S. 7th Division could see the cold, hazy-blue mountains of Manchuria. This week, after capturing the crossroads town of Kapsan, the 7th pushed a tank-led spearhead all the way to the border. The G.I.s reached the south bank of the Yalu near Hyesanjin, a major Communist crossing point on the river's wide southerly bend...
...without a fight. The Reds were dug in and well concealed on a slope overlooking a blown bridge. They expected to shoot up the approaching U.S. force when it stopped to ponder ways & means of getting across the stream. But the U.S. column was armor-tipped, and the tanks apparently panicked two of the waiting North Koreans; they broke from their foxholes and ran. That gave the Red play away. The U.S. tanks splashed across the stream while doughfeet swarmed across the bridge's torn girders. The Reds who stayed in their holes were killed by grenades or crushed...
Compensation. In Woonsocket, R.I., the judge dismissed charges that Bernard Halacy, 22-year-old veteran, had stolen a city street-sweeping vehicle, when Halacy explained that he had always wanted to drive a tank in the Army, but never had the chance...