Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With some of your criticisms of London taxis any Londoner must agree . . . The basic design of the London taxi has changed little with the years, yet . . . the "rubber bulb horn and the wheezy engine" have now been superseded by a large and growing fleet of "radio cabs," conforming ... to a design intended to make turning and parking easy in narrow streets, yet clean, up-to-date and as comfortable as most cabs in most cities. We still have a few Georgian relics . . . but they are vanishing fast. Some, no doubt, have gone to California where, for the next few years...
After nearly two years as commander of the Eighth Army in Korea, strapping General James A. Van Fleet came back to the U.S. with "a profound sense of frustration." His testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the Korean ammunition shortage (TIME, April 13 et seq.) made clear some of the reasons for the frustration. This week, in the first of two articles written for LIFE, Van Fleet gives a grim warning to the U.S. against the way the U.S. is conducting the Korean War. "We have made terrible mistakes in Korea. We may be in the process...
...first few weeks of his command in Korea, recalls Van Fleet, were "among the greatest in the history of the U.S. Army." In April 1951, the Eighth Army, which Van Fleet found "fresh, hard and wiry." heroically fought far larger Communist Armies, and brought them to a standstill. In May the U.N. forces threw back another offensive, then counterattacked. For a few days while the Chinese retreated in disorder. Van Fleet saw total victory within his grasp. "Then our Government's high policy intervened, and we were ordered not to advance any farther...
Chairman. To replace General Omar N. Bradley, 60, the top prospect is Admiral Arthur William Radford, 57, naval aviator and commander of the Pacific Fleet...
...week's end Admiral Arthur W. Radford, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, arrived in Hanoi. Said Radford, after a conference with French General Raoul Salan: "The situation is serious. The Viet Minh have introduced new complications in Laos, but the Viet Minh will be defeated. They must...