Word: wrought
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...Army and Navy, meanwhile, were reconstituting mechanisms from the Nazis' V-1 guided missiles, which had wrought such tremendous damage on England in the waning months of the European war. The result was the JB-2 jet bomb, a low-altitude missile. The Army had requisitioned 1,000 JB-2s by the end of July 1945 as part of an eventual plan to hit Japan with up to 500 such missiles a day. The Navy hoped to do the same with its version, called the Loon. But by that time, more horrific technologies were ready to close...
...disdain for the discipline to which he has committed so much of his career. Still, the idea conveys a familiar question: Is anything to be gained from description, analysis and criticism of music that cannot be discerned by listening to the music? After all, medical philosophy, however well wrought, cannot save a life. In both disciplines, what matters is who is doing the dissecting...
...wrought-iron Louisbourg Cross was captured 250 years ago as part of "King George's War," in which New England militia warriors fought on behalf of the English Crown against the French-Canadian residents of Louisbourg who defended the interests of France...
...Wednesday, the University joined in the commemoration of a 1745 raid on the French fort at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia by returning a two-foot, wrought-iron cross seized at the raid...
...after protesters decorated the wrought-iron fence spikes in front of the White House with scores of surgical gloves, President Clinton apologized to gay and lesbian elected officials "for the inappropriate and insensitive treatment several of the participants were subjected to at the entrance gate of the White House." At a White House meeting last week, some Secret Service agents wore rubber gloves when greeting the officials. Clinton personally assured the group that Secret Service Director Eljay Bowron "is taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again...