Word: targets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Atomic Energy Commission that U.S. tactical atomic weapons are "already here." AEC is working on "atomic artillery shells, guided missiles, torpedoes, rockets and bombs for ground-support aircraft, among others . . . big ones for big situations and little ones for little situations," said Dean. "Given the right situation, and a target of opportunity, we could use an atomic bomb today in a tactical way against enemy troops in the field, without risk to our own troops...
...truculent, violent and fanciful. It accuses the U.S. of wrecking the peace talks (broken off by the Reds on Aug. 23); it claims to have uncovered a U.N. plan for amphibious landings on both coasts of North Korea; it avers that a captured Mustang pilot had in his possession target maps of Manchuria, which proves that alleged U.N. invasions of "Chinese air space" were planned and not accidental...
Ford, a crack shot, always carried a gun, and liked to shoot at a target in Bennett's office. When this bored Ford, he would cry "Let's wake Cowling up!" and start shooting at a metal ball in the ceiling light fixture. It always scared the daylights out of Sales Manager W. C. Cowling, who had the office above. Bennett, a sharpshooter himself, once blasted a bad-smelling cigar out of the mouth of a visitor who ignored his request...
With scattershot technique, it fired a broadside that was bound to hit at least part of the target. Listing 31 Little, Brown authors whom it accused of being "fellow-travelers and front supporters," Counterattack suggested that Little, Brown itself had become a "front" organization and that Cameron was largely responsible for the change...
...Listened to (but postponed action on) an urgent report from General Dwight Eisenhower, warning that NATO is not mobilizing fast enough to meet its defense target by 1954. The fault, Eisenhower implied, lies especially with some of the smaller NATO members. ¶ Set up a twelve-man Executive Committee (delegates dubbed it "The Twelve Apostles") to decide how much of the defense burden each member should bear. ¶ Agreed to support Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi's demand that the Italian peace treaty be revised, especially to give Italy the right to have more arms. This week, at Washington...