Word: elements
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Underwater, in its natural element, the atomic sub will have a destroyer's speed: 25 knots for steady cruising, 30 or 35 knots in emergencies. Her skipper will have an airplane's joystick to maneuver his craft in steep turns and dives, "fly" it like a fighter pilot in fast attack runs. Since the SSN's atomic engine needs no telltale snorkel to suck down air, it can travel deep underwater indefinitely. Its cruising range will be limited only by the ability of its crew to stand the tedium of days or weeks underwater...
...time to start a new party. Eisenhower is the man to head it. Call it the Independence Party. "Independents for Eisenhower"- that would be the slogan. He would get the support of the better element in both the Republican and Democrat parties. Taft can't win, and as for Truman-may God save us from the form of American Communism that his regime is fastening upon...
Fighter. It was Sherman, commander of the Mediterranean fleet for two years before he became CNO, who first convinced the other members of the J.C.S. (who had never thought much about it), then convinced Dean Acheson's State Department, that Spain is an essential element of Europe's defense system. For Forrest Sherman, last week's negotiation was a personal triumph...
Instantly, an outcry against the decision went up from those who would not face the facts. The facts included: ¶Spain's position on the map makes it a prime element in European defense, especially in air and sea war. ¶Franco cannot be wished away. The U.S., Britain and France could probably have forced him out in 1946, if they had been willing to risk the consequences, including possible armed intervention in another Spanish civil war. They burked the challenge then; their half measures of diplomatic ostracism only strengthened Franco with his own people. ¶Nobody denied that...
However, Franco is also a patriotic Spaniard who does not always put the interests of his Falange Party first. The Falange, which is the worst element in present Spanish politics, lost ground in the cabinet shakeup. The army held its ground. Monarchists (meaning, in Spain, conservatives who deplore much in the Franco regime) got nine out of 16 cabinet seats, a gain of three. There was serious talk that Franco might put young (13-year-old) Juan Carlos, son of the Pretender Don Juan, on the throne...