Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Representative Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton, Ohio is a folksy, paunchy Republican who has been in Congress for 19 years. Last week, as a member of the House Ways & Means Committee, he was thrust into the first down-to-earth Congressional debate on the postwar world -on the renewal of reciprocal trade agreements. Mr. Jenkins listened soberly for two days to a lot of high talk about "international cooperation," "world trade," "economic reconstruction." Finally he blurted what was on his mind...
...when a Halsey-commanded force will steam directly into enemy bases to carry the offensive in an all-out thrust. But Admiral Halsey is not the type to rush headlong into battle. Every move is being planned. He will make no move at sea toward an all-out battle until he knows he has at least a 70-30 chance of victory...
...Northumberland Hussar Yeomanry, and Deputy Speaker since 1938. Smart aleck Captain Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid, a maverick Conservative who is regarded as a noisy nuisance by his own party, maladroitly interrupted the proceedings: he said that he did not object to Brown personally, but did object to his being thrust on the House by the Conservatives. Loud cries of "Rubbish . . . Nonsense . . . Shame" greeted his protest; and Laborite Will Thorne, the House's oldest member (86), blew two blasts on a football referee's whistle to express his disapproval even more loudly. When order was restored, Brown accepted...
Last week the Axis armies in Tunisia showed their strength and weakness. They beat at the Allied trap in the north. They thrust heavily at Montgomery's Eighth Army in the south. But they had to give way in the middle; their weakness was that they were unable to strike and stand on all three fronts at once...
Rommel made a thrust through the narrow corridor between the eastern end of the Matmatas and the Mediterranean. It was an effort to keep Montgomery off balance, break up any gathering attack and wreak more destruction. Rommel's tanks and infantry hurtled along the corridor. But Montgomery was ready for them. He smashed the first attack. He smashed wave after wave with his armor and artillery. Rommel finally retired, bruised, having lost 33 tanks and suffered heavy infantry casualties in the fruitless engagement...