Word: conserveral
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The activists demand change and want to determine its course. The university should not be the conserver of society, they argue, but the fountain of reform. They believe that students should be not merely preparing to enter the active world but a force within it. Many of them have a...
Sir: The officers of U.S.S. Safeguard (ARS-25) noted with much interest your story, "The Skunk Watchers" [Oct. 14]. As Safeguard is a sister ship to the U.S.S. Conserver (ARS-39), we found to our amazement that our relative is a "rust-pitted, rickety tug" that apparently is doing well...
Most of the time, the Conserver and the Russian trawler Gidrofon (Hydrophone), lie dead in the water, the 'two crews gawking at each other through binoculars. The Russians sunbathe and swim from a rubber life raft; the Americans lounge on the fantail, reading or tossing rubber horseshoes.
"The bastards are uncanny in the things they seem to know," says one Navy officer. Often the Conserver's radar will show a blank horizon, when suddenly the Gidrofon jumps into action, heading out to intercept American ships far in the distance. Some U.S. experts think the Soviets are...
"Thanks for Warning." Hilder's only hope of keeping Gidrofon out of the way of the less maneuverable carriers and cruisers is to place his ship between them. When the Conserver gets too close, the Russian quickly hoists three indignant signal flags: Code Kilo X-ray ("You should keep...