Word: flocks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...different sections. The non-directive leader occasionally reminds the class of the observers behind the mirror when the discussion becomes too personal. Another brake on the tendency towards hostility is the rivalry among members for group leadership. Often when one leader-candidate is attacking a vulnerable member of the flock, another leader-candidate will come to the rescue of the scapegoat saying: "Now let's examine just why you feel the need to attack...
Lesotho. The P.M. journeyed to Pre toria in a South African air force plane to talk business. Lesotho will be entirely surrounded by South African territory and is heavily dependent on Verwoerd's economy since thousands of Basuto regularly flock to South African gold mines for jobs. But Chief Jonathan has something to offer in return: water for South Africa's parched farmlands, and some spit and polish for the image Verwoerd would like to project to the world as a man reasonable to his black neighbors if not his black countrymen. The talk was friendly enough...
...latest incident involved an Israeli patrol boat, which came within 150 yards of the Syrian seacoast town of Musadiye. According to Syria, the boat fired toward shore. According to Israel, the Syrians fired first. Either way a flock of Syrian MIG-17s and MIG-21s came flying in from one direction and Israeli Mirage-Ills from the other, and before the two sides stopped shooting, one MIG went into the drink and another crashed in Syrian territory...
Never before has tactical air power been used so intensively to help fight a ground war. As a result, American pilots in Viet Nam must possess a versatility unknown to their World War II counterparts. They man a varied flock of craft ranging from the sleek, 1,500-mile-an-hour F-4C Phantom jets to windmilling Skyraiders. Their work is peculiarly dangerous, involving multiple threats from sky and ground; more than 300 American planes have been shot down. It takes guts and guile...
...impasse left the U.S. with only one major transcontinental airline, American,* still in operation and a flock of regional carriers to cope with the air traffic (60% of all U.S. passengers, 73% of all cargo, 70% of all mail) usually carried by the grounded five...