Word: grounding
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Boots & Saddle. Earlier generations of U.S. children had been exposed to this sort of thing, of course. More than one house was burned to the ground in the '90s by small boys reading Nick Carter in the attic by candlelight. Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show set hordes of amateur buckaroos to lassoing gate posts and hapless cats. As early as 1907, the Youth's Companion promised boys who sent in a new subscription and $1.15 a "No. 3 striking bag . . . new pear shape, very popular, particularly adapted for quick work . . ." Girls could earn "artistic wood-burning...
...Power. In World War II, the U.S.S.R. scoffed at strategic bombing, used its aircraft almost exclusively in close support of ground troops. Since the war, and especially since the atomic bomb, the U.S.S.R. has laid more stress on long-range bombers. Today Russia has about 500 TU-45 (its copy of the 6-29) which could bomb most U.S. cities in one-way missions. Russia also has several hundred old four-engined bombers, which might be used for strategic bombing against Europe and Britain, though they would be sitting ducks to modern fighters...
Under the reorganization of the Soviet armed forces last February, the air force lost its relatively independent status, be came a part of the army. Soviet military aviation is now divided into three sections, the army air force (tactical ground support), the fighter arm of the Soviet air defense, and the strategic bomber group...
...steel figures add up to this: Russia has not enough steel to fight a long war involving major ground action. That is why Germany's Ruhr is a key piece on the chessboard of world strategy. Western Germany is now producing almost as much steel as the whole vast U.S.S.R. Transfer of the Ruhr capacity from Western to Russian control would change the world strategic picture more decisively than any other territorial grab the U.S.S.R. could make...
...Motley, whose knee-action power makes fans think of the great Bronko Nagurski, also had a major place in Coach Brown's original plans. Brown first spotted the big Negro as a high-school player in Canton, Ohio, later coached him at Great Lakes. Motley became the leading ground-gainer of the old conference in his third year, and this week (with 746 yards) was leading the N.F.L...