Word: fleets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...East, particularly, he demanded that the U.S. ''move quickly to establish a rough balance of military power.'' By that he meant that the U.S. should have ''major Air Force components operating from the former Israeli airfields in the Sinai and a new Fifth Fleet stationed in the Indian Ocean...
...converts at the Uni versity of Virginia, where demand for booze by undergraduates has long been legendary. The sales volume of the local liquor store in Charlottesville is third highest in the state. One Charlottesville wholesaler even offers a ''Dial-a-keg" service, complete with a fleet of truck drivers equipped with radio-telephone beepers, to keep up with scholarly thirst. But at a recent University of Virginia fraternity rush, guests actually drained the Pepsi kegs before the beer ran out. ''That had never happened before," says Associate Dean of Students Annette Gibbs, adding, "Boy, were...
...Times of London-founded in 1785, known fondly as ''the Thunderer'' for its once imperious editorials, and for years the bulletin board of the British Establishment-will reappear in mid-November along with its sister Sunday Times after the longest and costliest labor dispute in Fleet Street history...
...Much of Fleet Street felt the Times had taken a dreadful drubbing. The Daily Mail suggested that the final deal could have been secured without "this magnificent yet monumentally ill-thought-out charge of the Times management light brigade." Rivals were also concerned that the Times's largesse would lead to exorbitant demands by their own employees...
...Carbone has a fleet of behemoths to lead the way. The Brown offensive line averages about 6-ft., 3-ins. and 240 lbs, with senior captain John Sinnott (6 ft. 7 ins. and 270 lbs.) a specialist in rearranging profiles...