Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...move in Lebanon is not aggression, though Arabs and others may not believe this. The presence of the Marines and the hovering Sixth Fleet could have an immensely stabilizing influence. Let us hope this is the result of the episode...
...himself as a "schoolmaster," and after steadfastly saying "I don't know" to all questions about why they were there, were released three hours later. The impressive presence of nearly 10.000 U.S. troops, and the accessibility of 70 ships, three carriers and 25,000 men of the Sixth Fleet might make even the itchiest-fingered of Lebanese rebels hesitate. But the possibility of ambushes and stray shots remained...
Airlift to Amman. From nearby Cyprus, British transport planes airlifted 2,000 red-bereted troops of Britain's 16th parachute brigade, the "Red Devils," with 50 jets from the U.S. Sixth Fleet flying cover. Both Hussein and his people, who are as Arab as Nasser, appeared embarrassed to have the British "colonials" back: the Red Devils were confined behind barbed wire at the Amman airport. But not only was Hussein's throne shaking; the economy of Jordan was near collapse. Jordan's oil supplies were snapped off when the rebels seized Iraq, and queues lined Amman...
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. With 25 faculty members (six of whom belong to the National Academy of Sciences), exclusive Scripps has some 50 grad students and a fleet of blue-and-gold, ocean-exploring tugs...
This Angry Age. A strong but uneven picture, derived from The Sea Wall, a memorable novel about French pioneers in Indo-China; with Anthony Perkins and Jo Van Fleet (TIME, June...