Word: fleetness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crazy military idea," mused a British Cabinet minister, "ever make good political sense?" Yes indeed, thinks the Kennedy Administration, which is convinced that the plan for a NATO multilateral Polaris fleet with mixed al lied crews is the only practical way to strengthen the Atlantic Alliance while satisfying Europe's eagerness to play a bigger role in their own nuclear defense...
...allies, the Kennedy Administration has reached "preliminary agreement" with enough nations to go ahead with MLF, which would take three years to build. West Germany is already pledged to match the U.S. offer to shoulder 30-40% of the initial $2 billion cost of building the 25-ship fleet force. Other NATO members likely to participate are Turkey, Greece and-barring a sharp swing to the left at home-Italy. Belgium and probably The Netherlands also will sit in on final dis cussions, starting in Paris Oct. 7, to settle details of financing and equipping the force. The big question...
Although they made some minor mistakes, sophomores Wally Grant and Dave Poe gave notice they will soon be important members of the Crimson backfield. Grant exhibited a fleet foot if not always a steady hand, and Poe showed promising intuition. Jim Gahan's punting was another source of encouragement...
...dictionaries, Bibles and textbooks in 80 Indian languages; some steps in translation are now handled by electronic computers at the National University of Mexico. In Peru, where Townsend has been working since 1945, institute teams stationed near the headwaters of the Amazon keep in touch by radio and a fleet of planes. Yet it is only the beginning. "This is the most virgin field of science I know," Townsend says. "Of over 3,000 languages in the world, we know nothing about...
...weather conditions helped make last week's championship a sailor's nightmare. One early race had to be postponed for lack of wind, but by the end of the seven-race series, swells were running 10 ft. high, and a 30-m.p.h. easterly buffeted the 34-boat fleet. "Are you sure we're in the right place?" asked one skipper. "This looks like the North Atlantic...