Word: fleetness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Returning to civilization from a fortnight's safari in Tanganyika, Army General (ret.) James Van Fleet, a rugged 63, brought out proof of a mighty trophy he bagged last month. Van Fleet's kill: a hefty rhinoceros whose lethal front horn measured 29 inches...
...horse insigne of Air France, Europe's biggest and the world's longest airline. Frenchmen could claim with pride that it is also one of the world's most modern. Last week France's international airline was betting some $143 million on a new jet fleet, the biggest outside the U.S. On order were twelve French-built twin-jet Caravelle transports for European runs, plus ten U.S. Boeing 707 intercontinental jet liners slated for 1959 service on the most competitive of all air routes, the rich North Atlantic...
...impressive segment of the high command of the Republic of Korea's navy descended on Harvard yesterday for an unannounced informal visit. Vice Admiral Joung Kuk Mo, Korean Chief of Naval Operations (left) and Commodore Lee III Jung, Commander in Chief of the Fleet, were among the officers who took a quick look at the University...
...Athens for a visit, an old soldier with profound experience in that part of the world felt impelled to warn that Britain's "when" had better come very soon. Retired U.S. General James Van Fleet, who organized the Greeks' victory over the Communists in 1947-49, was alarmed by U.S. policy of "adhering to antiquated...
British-French colonial policies ... instead of taking an independent, clear-cut road, consistent with our own statements and principles." The U.S., said Van Fleet, had hurt itself seriously in Greece by appearing to support Britain and the status quo on Cyprus. Soldier Van Fleet saw no hope for a British policy of rule by force. No military base, no matter how powerful or well guarded, said he, is of much use if it stands "as an island surrounded by a hostile...