Word: tankful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...favoritism shown to automobiles had a multiple motive: 1) to provide jobs quickly for workers who have been engaged in aircraft and tank factories, 2) to capture some of the export market before U.S. competition becomes too keen. It was based on the stipulation that at least 50% of the 175,000 cars which Britain hopes to turn out in the next twelve months will be exported. As in the U.S., only essential users with official priorities will be able to buy cars, and they will be further discouraged by a new ?70-to-?80 purchase tax (atop Britain...
...developed granular white powder which G.I.s call "fire roe." Mixed with gasoline it forms a jelly that sears and sticks to everything it touches. New instruments of war have been developed to handle the jelly-the M22 portable thrower with a revolver-type ignition system, the Ronson-type tank-mounted thrower, and airplane bombs ranging from...
Pete had read in a book that oxygen peps you up. Realizing "how full a fight arena is of people, all of 'em exhaling carbon dioxide, and most of 'em smoking," he decided his boys weren't getting enough fresh air. So Pete pushed a small tank on wheels into the Hollywood American Legion Stadium, fed his fighter oxygen between rounds. The fighter, Bantamweight Benny Goldberg, punched out an easy victory over Luis Castillo and stayed fresh to the last bell...
General Heinz Guderian, tank expert, at Berchtesgaden belittled U.S. tanks and Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton ("he followed the same principle that I used in Poland, France and Russia"). declared U.S. and German soldiers should shake hands and make up ("just like after a football match...
...Cologne, which had somehow escaped destruction by bombing, was back in production for a while, at least. From German-made parts and stock on the shelves, workmen were turning out close to ten light trucks a day. ¶ From Moscow came word that one of Russia's titanic tank plants would be reconverted to mass-produce a luxury passenger automobile for better-heeled Soviet citizens...