Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...America. At the same time, President Ford invited Caramanlis to Washington, an invitation the Premier turned down as untimely. Privately, Washington officials felt aggrieved by the Greek attitude. There was, they claimed, little the U.S. could do to stop the Turks, short of using the might of the Sixth Fleet...
...flag and employ American sailors. Because such ships cost much more to build and operate than foreign vessels, almost no imported oil is carried in them now. Indeed, to meet the bill's requirements, the capacity of the nation's tanker fleet would have to be dramatically enlarged, costing billions, and the Government would have to raise its subsidies to shipbuilders and operators by no less than $800 million over the next five years. In addition, the bill would violate 30 U.S. treaties with other governments outlawing preferences for commercial cargoes...
They have made most of their mileage out of that versatile rhetorical jalopy, national security. Particularly after the recent oil embargo, argue the lawmakers, America must build up its own fleet to insure delivery of oil from abroad. But how would U.S.-flag tankers help if foreign producers again cut off the source of oil? Supporters do not answer the question, and so far it has failed to impede the progress of this expensive piece of legislation...
...narrative runs from the early 1930s through the end of World War II, covering journalistic sojourns abroad and in Fleet Street and wartime experiences as a cloak-and-dagger man in Africa and Europe. Among Muggeridge's notable colleagues of that tune were Graham Greene and the double agent Kim Philby. Spying depressed Muggeridge so that he even flirted with suicide one night in Mozambique by swimming out to sea. Unlike Evelyn Waugh, whose attempt to drown himself was foiled by a sting from a jellyfish, Muggeridge simply turned back to shore "without thinking or deciding." Through...
...island is the key Middle East intelligence center for the Kremlin (as it is for the U.S.). Russia's Nicosia embassy is larger than any of its embassies in Cairo, Teheran and Beirut. A sophisticated communications center links the Cyprus embassy with Moscow and the Soviet Mediterranean fleet as well as with two Russian spy ships that monitor radio traffic off the Israeli coast. The entire operation would almost certainly cease if Sampson remained President of Cyprus...