Word: wrecking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...officers stood on the Maiquetia airport tarmac to see Betancourt off on a trip to visit President Kennedy in Washington. Ignoring protocol, Betancourt shook hands with one and all. On his return, he told 1,200 officers all about the trip. Last month, when Castroite terrorists tried to wreck the presidential election, Defense Minister General Antonio Briceño Linares went on radio and TV with an election-eve speech: "There will be no disorder, there will be no civil war. Only the will of the majority of Venezuelans will exist." And to convince the terrorists, the military brought...
Japan's disaster toll last week stood at 450 in the Kyushu mine explosion, and 162 in the three-train wreck near Yokohama. As far as anyone could determine, both tragedies resulted from faulty cotter pins, only an inch or two long...
...contrary, trade with any country, including Germany, was absolutely necessary to England. As an island which relies heavily on the importation of raw materials, Britain has always depended on an extensive international trade. After the Depression of 1932-3, inflation constantly threatened to wreck her balance of payments and thereby to hamper her economic recovery severely. The government was forced to keep all trade channels open at any cost. Britain had a heavy trade surplus with Germany and efforts to seek further trade with the Germans were unavoidable...
Until recently, the ancient dam was a wreck, but the rest of the extraordinary system is still in good condition. The tunnel needs nothing but cleaning out. Last week repairs were well under way, guided by Engineer Oliver Fulsom of the U.S. Water Control Mission. The dam is rising once more and will eventually look just about as it did 2,000 years ago. No major improvements are contemplated; the ancient Nabataeans had thought of everything...
...people as it swept over their countries; but if it were called down on an enemy city, it would be no more destructive than a single ballistic warhead. It would be vulnerable too, for its orbit could be calculated and small atom-armed rockets could be shot up to wreck it. Orbiting military posts and stations on the moon would have even less utility. Objective military scientists believe that there may be some reason for an Air Force capability of maneuvering in nearby space a few hundred miles above the earth, but they feel little urgency about the need...