Word: preventable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When a man knows he has a good chance to be A-bombed, nothing can stop him from wondering whether there isn't something he can do to prevent it. That is why talk of "preventive war" by the U.S. against the U.S.S.R. stays on the tongues of the American people, even after President Truman has effectively, and prudently, muffled official discussion of this and kindred subjects...
...been stranded in her bailiwick, U.S. Minister to Luxembourg Perle Mesta quickly opened a lunch counter at the U.S. legation, doled out free baked beans, ham sandwiches, apple pie and coffee. Said Hostess Mesta: "No American boy or girl is going to be hungry in Luxembourg if I can prevent...
...control it to the shores of Asia by a chain of islands, extending in an arc from the Aleutians to the Marianas, held by us and our free allies. From this island chain we can dominate with air power every Asiatic port from Vladivostok to Singapore, and prevent any hostile movement into the Pacific...
Even so, there were still not enough troops to man the 120-mile beachhead perimeter adequately, and the U.S. was still making fast shifts of fighting units to prevent enemy probings from becoming breakthroughs. The Reds' shifts of strength, on the other hand, were increasingly slow and cumbersome...
Will the rainmakers be able to prevent storms as well as being them...