Word: harbor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...time he recovered, Mars was so deeply in debt that he asked the Admiralty for leave. The request was turned down. When Mars was ordered to report for duty at Portsmouth Harbor, he sat down and wrote a letter to his superiors, refusing the command, requesting his retirement and venting all his pent-up spleen. "I do not wish to plague My Lords with a mass of detail mainly repugnant to them," he wrote. "It should be sufficient to say that I have lost faith in the present governmental hierarchy and all that goes with it. Also I have never...
Despite its rearmament backlog, Raytheon is not neglecting its civilian market, including commercial radar. It recently built the world's biggest antenna for the harbor of Le Havre, France. Last week, with long-sluggish TV sales picking up once more, President Adams flew out to Chicago to show off Belmont's newest "Vu-Matic" television models. The "Vu" stands for very high frequency and ultra-high frequency. Raytheon claims its new tuners will be able to cover the whole radio spectrum...
...last week's sweep was a particularly happy day for Navy's Rusty Callow, dean of crew coaches. A year ago on the turbulent Ohio, in Callow's first year at Annapolis, all three Navy shells sank, in a disaster referred to as "the little Pearl Harbor...
...Class of 27, plus families, spent the damp day at the Essex County Club and Singing Beach, lolling and lobstering, while the men of '52 and their dates watched the harbor drift by from the decks of the Boston Belle...
...Barron and his orchestra had a midnight supper, and stayed a until 2 in the morning savoring that last nights at college Today they will file into the Tercentenary Theatre to Class Day exercised, and top the day of with a moonlight cruise aboard the Boston Belle in 'Boston Harbor...