Word: belt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...suddenly swooped in almost low enough to get their bellies wet, buzzed the Red vessels. Meanwhile, an amphibious Air Force HU-16 "Albatross" that had been circling off Quangkhe in case of just such an emergency, zeroed in on a radio homing beacon built into Cullen's life belt and sighted a brilliant orange marker dye that the downed pilot had released into the water. Defying 5-ft. waves, the Albatross set down without mishap in the choppy gulf, taxied up to Cullen, and was flying him back to South Viet Nam only 30 minutes after...
This man, like the others in the room, had decided to fight the Inner Belt. Together they have banded themselves together in a small group called the Committee for Balanced Transportation and have been meeting for several weeks under the leadership of former Cambridge Rep. William P. Homans...
Cambridge politicians have been fighting the State Department of Public Works, which would build the Inner Belt, since time immemorial, but Homans' group may be the first organized effort to enlist support from the Harvard Square-Brattle St. area against the Belt Route...
...University people have led the fight against the underpasses. Supporters of the underpasses have continually challenged, "Why haven't you been fighting the Inner Belt?" The new organization may be an indication that a new--albeit temporary and still weak--coalition is forming...
...postpone it [the Belt] long enough so the establishment will stop writing editorials saying that the Inner Belt is essential," another commented...