Word: unlock
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cyclotron will uncover in the inner heart of matter. But no physicist doubted that it would unlock many a treasure house of secrets; and, more, show the way to new treasure houses now unsuspected...
...unsuspecting sentries saluted, returned a "Merry Christmas," hastened to unlock the gates. Scarcely were they opened before out of the dark appeared other men, not in Army uniforms, who held guns rather than parcels in their hands. Without a shot fired, the arsenal's guard was disarmed. Four official-looking lorries soon drove into the arsenal, and before the Island Bridge barracks knew what was up. the trucks, loaded with 1,000,000 rounds of rifle ammunition, had made their getaway...