Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week the U.S., which maintains about half of the weather fleet, announced that it will withdraw all its 14 ships. "The benefits derived by the U.S.," said the Department of Commerce, "are no longer commensurate' with the cost." The U.S. has been paying about $17.5 million a year to support its weatherships. The cost of impaired weather information would be hard to estimate. Airlines hate to admit (for fear of scaring away prospective passengers) that their safety factor has been cut. Government agencies in Washington are keeping mum. But the Weather Bureau has testified that the international system...
...aircraft carrier Leyte lay peacefully in her berth in a Boston navy yard, all but ready to go back to sea again. After four months (and two battle stars) in Korean waters, the "busiest ship in the fleet" had been in the yard for ten months for an extensive overhaul. Most of her 1,400 officers and men were aboard, and helmeted civilian workmen swarmed over her decks. Officers had just completed the weekly stem-to-stern inspection, had pronounced the "Leading Lady" (the crew's name for the Leyte) shipshape. Then, suddenly, the big ship shook...
Many a soberer American has expressed a like opinion. "Very seldom in my career," said General George Marshall after meeting Frederika, "have I come upon such lutidity and strength of character, covered with a unique charm that makes them irresistible." U.S. General James A. Van Fleet, who led the Greeks in Europe's first military victory over Communism, vows that Frederika "has everything, right down the line-charm, intelligence, beauty, ability, and a great love for her adopted people." An American sergeant who owned a red M-G exa'ctly like the one which Frederika herself drives through...
...return to the Fuller Warren type of government-by-lobby. State law will not permit Johns to run for governor next year, and McCarty's followers are determined to find a candidate who will carry out their reform program. Among those prominently mentioned: retired General James A. Van Fleet, a Florida resident and citrus grower...
...year in show business, but, as she happily explained in her rain-barrel bass: "Honey, I'm all booked up next year; there wouldn't have been time then." The air was damp with sentiment as a succession of old friends and fans, e.g., General James Van Fleet, Ralph Bunche, Tallulah Bankhead, George Jessel, Millon...