Word: carrier
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...there were. They belonged to Task Force 136, commanded by Vice Admiral Alfred G. Ward, 53, a gunnery specialist who has developed into one of the Navy's most respected strategists. Under Ward were approximately 80 ships. In reserve was the nuclear-powered carrier Enterprise. Navy P2V, P5M and P3V patrol planes, flying out of bases all along the East Coast and Florida, and from carriers encircling Cuba (see map), put the Soviet ships under constant surveillance within 800 miles of Cuba...
Bill King was deceptive and judicious in his choice of plays, but he was not brilliant. Tom Spangenberg was a powerful ball carrier, but hardly the best Harvard has seen. Both of them were made deadly, though, by the line...
...friend, "the only time he can relax is when he's at the controls of a plane." Last week Egbert's predilection for planes became more than a hobby. Subject to CAB approval, Studebaker announced its purchase of Trans International Airlines, Inc., a profitable California nonscheduled carrier that grossed $6,000,000 last year. The price: $10 million in Studebaker stock...
That came as the capsule swept over the Philippine Sea, heading for the final target north of Midway Island, where the aircraft carrier Kearsarge waited. As the capsule started its descent through the atmosphere, officers watching radar on the Kearsarge could hardly believe their eyes: the Sigma 7 seemed to be heading directly for the Kearsarge, looked as if it might land right on the flight deck. Borne by its parachute, it finally landed only four miles from the carrier, hitting the proverbial pickle barrel after 155,000 miles of flight...
...Coop offers its drenched customers two models: the $3.98 version is a push-it-up-yourself model, and is recommended especially for those with athletic pretensions. The more popular $5.00 model requires only that the carrier exert enough energy to push a "release button." whereupon the umbrella flies open with astonishing rapidity, somewhat endangering the owner, umbrella, and by-standers...