Word: wipes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bomb under each wing for an attack on a troublesome artillery battery could now devastate an army's reserve-supply area. The artillery commander who might have aimed an 8-in. howitzer at a crossroads could now aim a similar weapon, fire an atomic shell and wipe out the heart of a whole infantry division. A Navy torpedo plane could launch an atomic torpedo that could lift a ship out of the water; a destroyer could fire an atomic depth charge that would crush submarines like eggshells...
...issued an optimistic statement. Much heartened, the Premiers of France and Tunisia got to work again, and at 1:25 a.m. gave out the joyful word: they had reached agreement. Almost choked with emotion, Premier Ben Amar said: "This is our wedding day." Said Premier Faure: "We must wipe the slate clean of past grievances and consider the future." As a reward for Bourguiba, all restrictions on his movements were taken off: he was free to return to Tunisia...
...manufacturers and suppliers holding $10,000 or more in Government contracts. Since the Labor Department's minimums were affecting the wage scale throughout the textile industry, Southern textile men wanted to attack the order in court. After Fulbright put through the amendment, the Southern manufacturers sued to wipe out the national minimum of $1 an hour in cotton, silk and synthetic textile plants...
Claiming that "we could wipe the field with you Harvards, if given the opportunity," Dartmouth captain Bob Woodberry has asked the Crimson to "pick a date, any damn date you want...
...Israel can find a lasting solution to her problems in the near future. A negotiated peace seems to be unthinkable for the Arabs. Some elements in Israel have urged a preventive war. But even if Israeli soldiers marched to Damascus or Cairo, they could not expect to wipe out the opposition of the Arab world. War would only multiply further the legacy of hatred among the Arabs. The present divisions among the Arabs may seem to offer the Israelis a chance to politick for possible ententes with disaffected Arab states. It is doubtful, however, that any Arab state would risk...