Word: backlash
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then the worst of the backlash hit Commander Stelle. It was a statement from Commander in Chief (and Legionnaire) Harry Truman. Said his White House spokesman: General Bradley has done a fine job under difficult conditions; he has the President's complete, unqualified support...
According to one description, the launchers are arranged like a flat bank of ten organ pipes at the bow of a small naval landing craft. The crew takes shelter in the bottom of the craft to avoid the backlash of flame from the rockets. The firing is directed from a steel, asbestos-lined turret in the stern. Navy officers conceded that the rockets had proved of value, but discouraged over-sensational treatment of the weapon, pointing out that it could only supplement the heavy-artillery barrage before a landing...
Certainly the market will boomerang one of these days . . . but not until the buying power of potential security purchasers is completely exhausted. And with the backlash will come a paring of prices that will shear off points from the blue chips as well as the canine variety...