Word: aboard
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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AUGUSTA, Ga., April 22--President Eisenhower, planning important disarmament conference with Harold Stassen tomorrow, arranged today to observe maneuvers aboard a mighty warship--the new 60,000-ton aircraft carrier Saratoga...
Moreover, George Humphrey holds a special place in the regard of Dwight Eisenhower. Since they first got to know each other well aboard the cruiser Helena returning from Korea after Ike's election, they have been close friends...
...Bermuda conference aboard the U.S.S. Canberra, President Eisenhower became convinced that he would have to go all-out in fighting to save such budget specifics as foreign aid and school construction. Since then, Humphrey has publicly tried to reconcile his views to Ike's, claimed that his ideas have been distorted (they have-sometimes). But, he has never adopted the stance that is expected of a Treasury Secretary: intelligent, patient defense of a budget for which he is in large part responsible...
...heart of the fatherland," spouts Lux 45. "You mean from the liver," answers the anti-Perón transmitter, japing at the Peronistas' bilious tone. "Perón, our leader," chants Lux 45. "Juan Domingo Gunboat." corrects the loyal radio, recalling the dictator's undignified exit aboard a Paraguayan warship...
...Treat. When he got to New Guinea, he reported that the natives are utterly baffled when they are jailed for wrongdoing: "Prison is a treat. They get three square meals a day and interesting work to do." One slide showed a long-legged white bird that had flown aboard his ship on Trafalgar Day. "We called him Horatio," said Philip. "I must confess I still don't know what sort of bird it was.'' At one point he played a record of some pidgin English. "It is a very old language," he explained...