Word: combate
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bulletproof. Steiner's mercenary officers are a mixed lot, united only by loyalty to their commander, distinguished only by their combat experience and their foibles. Major Taffy, 34, Welsh and a veteran of the Fifth Commando mercenaries of the Congo, thinks he is bulletproof. By now, so do the federals, who have reported him dead at least five times since last December. Taffy came perilously close to being killed a few weeks ago, when a round smashed into his binoculars. Short-tempered, he curses his black troops constantly, threatening to kill them if they don't obey orders...
Indeed, handling quick decisions aloft is a Schirra family specialty. Wally's father was a World War I fighter pilot who later barnstormed with his wife as wing-walker. Wally himself soloed at 16, and went into naval aviation soon after graduation from Annapolis. He flew 90 combat missions in Korea, shot down one MIG and scored one "possible." On the first unsuccessful attempt to launch Gemini 6, when the Titan booster belched smoke and flames without lifting off, Schirra correctly decided that there was no danger of an explosion. He made a split-second decision not to damage...
...speaking with the master's voice. RCA's president for the past three years and its chief executive officer since last Jan. 1, he has made the company's marketing operations more efficient, reshuffled its management hierarchy and trimmed production and inventories to help combat eroding profit margins. His efforts have paid off. Last year RCA showed profits of $147.5 million on sales of $3 billion. Both figures are running higher...
...field of crime control, Congress authorized $400 million in grants through 1970 to help states upgrade local law enforcement, plus $150 million through 1971 to combat juvenile delinquency...
Fairly blushing with my success of the past week, I turn to the first all Ivy weekend of the 1968 season. All eight teams engage in intra-League combat with one game--Dartmouth vs. Princeton--dominating the proceedings...