Word: canberras
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Kassem's army asked Britain to supply a big order of heavy weapons (centurion tanks, Canberra jets) of the sort that Iraq regularly got from Britain before the revolution, the British government mulled things over, decided to give British munitions firms the go-ahead. Anyway, most arms will not be delivered until early next year...
Self-Centered. In Canberra, Australia, the Customs and Excise Department, censor on all printed matter brought into the country, banned its own staff magazine when it had the cheek to run an article declaring that the agency was at its "lowest...
...Poona, Menon played his role as India's Defense Minister by enveloping his frail frame in a flying suit, strapping on a crash helmet and climbing aboard a Canberra jet bomber of the Indian air force. Streaking into Bombay in eleven minutes, Menon next appeared-natty in a white suit and swinging a cane-aboard the cruiser Mysore, the new flagship of the Indian navy. But it was as a politician of the folksy, Estes Kefauver model that Menon drew the largest crowds. At New Delhi and Madras he packed meeting halls to the rafters, and dhoti-clad crowds...
...feeling is still strong, was nervous and uneasy. His hosts surrounded him with armed bodyguards. "Sacrilege," cried an official of the Returned Servicemen's League at an announcement that the Japanese Premier would lay a wreath at Australia's national war memorial, the Stone of Remembrance, in Canberra. But the league's president rejoined sternly: "We welcome the wreath laying as a respectful salute...
Almost a shoo-in for three prizes (best of the big-car section, best woman entrant, best Queensland entrant), Geordie Anderson took time out to go home, do her washing, and check up on her daughters' housekeeping. Refreshed by a nap, she whipped through Canberra so fast that she was picked up for speeding. But apart from a damaged windshield, her Jag was still in good condition. Geordie finished far up in the overall standings (behind five Volkswagens), easily earned her three prizes, and went home with $1,215 plus assorted trophies, including an electric razor and a supply...