Word: second
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...newest task Johnson had set himself a commendable set of rules: don't spend time looking for headlines, try to avoid politics, avoid second-guessing war strategy, be constructive and impartial. As a starter, the seven-man Johnson subcommittee planned to survey Alaskan defenses, examine weapons and manpower needs and investigate foreign monopolies of strategic U.S. defense materials...
...brake system. In a murky fog, the troop train ground to a stop. Out of the early morning roared the Pennsylvania's crack twin diesel Spirit of St. Louis. The first unit of the diesel hurled the rear coach of the troop train in the air, sheared the second car to floor level, hurtled into a creek. The second unit derailed a third car. Two cars of the Spirit of St. Louis plunged from the track...
...these possibilities are dangerous, but the second-intensive preparation for a showdown by 1953-seems the least perilous of the three. This path has, however, a special pitfall which could make it the most dangerous of all. If the U.S. and its Allies do not start intensive defense preparations immediately, or if they adopt half-measures, or if they are lulled by Russian conciliatory gestures into stopping halfway, then they will place themselves in a worse position than their present...
...think that matches are useful only to start fires and light cigarettes. But not St. Louis' Rosenberg brothers. They think that the chief purpose of match books is to carry advertising. By selling this idea to big & little businessmen, the Rosenbergs have made their Universal Match Corp. the second biggest U.S. matchmaker (first: Diamond) with a gross of $12 million last year.* Last week President Adolph Rosenberg, 61, hailed a new Universal product as the first major innovation in match books in almost 60 years. The product: a match book with a waterproof striking strip that is expected...
...beginning of a legend. "Down into the creek ravine wallowed [Hood's brigade] under the deadly spittle of the belching artillery on the hill. Up on the other side they came and with a terrific shout gave the first line the bayonet. It fell back on the second line and it broke. As the blue mass retreated up the hill the fire of the Texans was poured into it with terrible effect." Hood had broken through...