Word: weaponeering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...statesman's final counsel drew the most applause: "If I may say this, members of Congress, be careful above all things . . . not to let go of the atomic weapon until you are sure and more than sure that other means of preserving peace are in your hands...
...edited by fiery Philosopher-Dramatist Denis Diderot, and he had made it a good deal more than a compilation of all the knowledge that was available at the middle of the 18th century. To many a Frenchman it became the voice of Reason itself-a major intellectual weapon of the Revolution, one of the brightest ornaments of the Enlightenment, the foundation stone of the new secularism. Though Frenchmen have long since ceased to read it, they have never ceased to revere it. Last week they were expressing their reverence officially...
Once, X rays were the doctors' only weapon against these inoperable cancers and were effective in only a few types of cases. In the last five years, Boston's Dr. Sidney Farber and a team of assistants have been getting encouraging results with new drugs. One of the first to show promise was nitrogen mustard (a deadly poison developed in World War II for chemical warfare). Newer and better, Dr. Farber believes, are the awkwardly named "folk acid antagonists." These, like ACTH and cortisone, are most often effective against the leukemias...
...Vulgar Criminal. Soon afterward, his leg irons resting comfortably against the grill of his cell, Meurant was enjoying a game of belote with two guards. Suddenly he whipped out the revolver. "One move," he said pleasantly, "and I'll burn you." While Meurant brandished his weapon, his cellmate, Murderer Michel Courtin, got the keys and unlocked the door. Meurant rounded up two more guards, locked them in the cell with the others, rummaged through the clothes locker for his good suit, and then calmly sat down to finish a letter. "I am escaping only to prove my innocence...
...Weapon. In Newark, a thug took $42 from the cash register in Mrs. Anna Margolin's drygoods store while he held her at fingerpoint...