Word: turned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Khrushchev is convinced that the U.S.S.R. is militarily more powerful than the U.S. Since no argument to the contrary is likely to get through to him, the best basis for U.S. debate is to convince him that in any war, both sides would turn out the loser. The worst thing the U.S. can do is to show signs of jitters over Soviet military threats...
...Prill (a highly explosive mixture-ammonium nitrate and oil) that he was to deliver to customers at dawn. About 1 a.m.. back in his hotel, he heard fire engines roar by, ran toward his truck. He still had half a block to go and a corner to turn when a blockbusting blast smashed him against the ground. Clocks all over Roseburg (pop. 12,200) stopped with hands pointing...
...Look, he's real!" But no matter what the tourists did-"They seem to think we're exhibits in a zoo"-the guards had no defense except an official but effective maneuver in which they abruptly cut short their beat and went into a high-stepping about turn...
...Gaulle, in turn, divined untapped organizing ability in the young scholar, soon named him chief of the Free French intelligence service-a job that gave Soustelle his first taste of intrigue and a graduate education in Communist political techniques. Soustelle's war was spent in battling for the Gaullist cause not only against the Germans but also against Allied intelligence services, including rival French units backed by Britain and the U.S. When he returned to liberated Paris in 1944, he recalls, "I did not expect to be praised, but at least to be noticed...
...made Allison, which drove some of World War II's fastest fighters. Normally, these engines generate around 1,600 h.p. at 3,000 r.p.m. But this is not enough for the hydroplaners. Mechanics bolster the engines with fancy superchargers and heavy-duty quill shafts until they can turn out some 2,650 h.p. at 4,500 r.p.m., then add a gearbox to boost propeller speed as high as 12,000 r.p.m...