Word: captaining
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...though, it was three lonely men who risked their lives and made the voyage. And in the course of that first soaring escape from the planet that was no longer the world, it was the courage, grace and cool proficiency of Colonel Frank Borman, Captain James Lovell and Major William Anders that transfixed their fellowmen and inscribed on the history books names to be remembered along with those of Marco Polo and Amundsen, Captain Cook and Colonel Lindbergh. In 147 hours that stretched like a lifetime, America's moon pioneers became the indisputable Men of the Year...
...Defense Department insists that the Code of Conduct is "militarily binding." Most authorities, however, agree with a naval judge advocate, Captain Gale Krouse, who argued otherwise last week in San Diego. Pointing out that the Code of Conduct is not part of the U.C.M.J., Krouse said: "Failure to observe the guidelines of this executive order is not in my mind a criminal offense." In any event, finding a middle course between the needs of military discipline and compassion for the plight of prisoners of war will be a difficult job of legal navigation...
...week before this year's Cup matches against Australia Graebner's back was troubling him, and the nonplaying captain of the U.S. team, Donald Dell, announced that Graebner would probably not be one of his starters. In front of the other U.S. players, Dell scolded: "You're a quitter, Clark. You haven't got the guts to get back onto this team." The shock therapy worked. Suddenly, Graebner's game improved. After he had trounced two of his teammates in practice rounds, Dell changed his mind and named him at the last moment to represent...
...intensity that illuminates rather than beclouds the libretto, which was beautifully crafted by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier from Melville's tale of an innocent's execution. The album has been meticulously produced with a cast that includes Peter Glossop as Billy and Peter Pears as Captain Vere: Britten himself conducts...
...Gatto, Harvard's 1968 football captain and all-time rushing leader, yesterday became the first Crimson player ever to receive the much-coveted Nils V. Nelson national award for sportsmanship...