Word: liquidating
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...shell; when the explosive waves hit the point of the metal liner, the metal comes under immense pressure and acts like a thin fluid. Like a jet-propelled stream of toothpaste, the fluid metal spurts forward, at speeds up to 30,000 feet a second. The jet of liquid metal and gas can pierce more than eleven inches of armor plate. Shaped-charge shells are also equipped with rocket-like fins to give a steady flight without the spin of the standard artillery projectile...
...research. The popular dream of 1924-a "flivver" plane for every American family-left him unmoved. He was sure the future of aviation lay in bigger aircraft, ever more powerful engines. He went looking for a place to build a brand-new air-cooled engine that would outclass the liquid-cooled engines such as the French Hispano-Suiza which then dominated the air world. He found his spot at the Pratt & Whitney tool company, a generations-old firm of precision instrument makers. When Rentschler unpacked his plans for the engine and predicted that the U.S. Navy would need hundreds...
...remove the high polish from cars and furniture, spray with clear liquid wax; to take the glare from mirrors, apply a mixture of epsom salts and stale beer; such shiny surfaces as oilcloth can be toned down with a spray of shaving lotion...
...representative citizens-a few small landowners, many tenants, a few barrio lieutenants or deputy mayors-have come to the town hall to hear speeches by officers of the 5th battalion combat team. The battalion surgeon, a young major who grew up near Bamban, is speaking in Pampango, the liquid dialect of Pampanga and Tarlac provinces. I almost never hear the word "Hukbalahap." Speakers use euphemisms for the Huks-"The New Faces," "The Mistaken People" or "Our Friends Outside...
...trusting fellow, Shephard patiently smiled at their accusations, told them they'd find they were making a mistake. He was just a middle-aged salesman who lived in Scotch Plains, N.J., he explained, and, as a matter of fact, had just taken on a new line of liquid run-stopper for ladies' stockings...