Word: clasped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Russia) had left Hungary little wine, little wheat and certainly no peace. Last week, as it celebrated its first anniversary, the new Hungarian Republic was in the iron clasp of Russian economic control, and further squeezed by Russia's campaign to achieve political control as well. In charge of the campaign was a short, little-known secret police career man named Boris Osakin, who bore the inconspicuous title of Deputy to the Soviet Ambassador. From his desk at the Soviet Embassy in Budapest, half a dozen direct wires connect him with the leaders of Hungary's Communist Party...
...municipal government, noted for its frequent banquets, promptly took the cue. It called a meeting of the local New Life Movement, adopted the slogan "Early to bed, early to rise," pledged tea parties instead of feasts, with no serving of wine or "offering of cigarets." For officials who clasp austerity to their bosoms, the Movement proposed a medal of honor and laudatory notice in the public prints...
...swirling fog held London in a clammy clasp last week, muffling its powerful pulsebeat to a mere mark-time. The air tasted vaguely sulphurous and had the faintest odor of wet ashes...
...reported missing in action. A year later, with no word to the contrary received, he was "presumed lost in action." For his outstanding bravery in action, he received, posthumously, the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart Medal. He was also entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, the Fleet Clasp, and the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Ribbon. In his honor, the government launched the destroyer USS Mannert L. Abele on April...
...this page (as far as TIME knows, the first published) was taken with radioactive materials formed by the explosion of an atomic bomb. It shows a woman's rayon purse stuffed with feminine necessaries: keys, coins, a bobby pin and a bottle of nail polish. The metal clasp is clearly visible. The semi-transparent oblong below is a package of chewing gum. The picture was made by placing the purse on a sheet of ordinary photographic film. On top of the purse were placed pieces of twisted steel and several bits of fused earth from the site...