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Tears streamed down the cheeks of Moroccan Interior Minister Mohammed Oufkir as he bent to kiss the hand of his monarch. King Hassan II had just expressed complete confidence in the hawk-faced general, and angrily denied French charges that Oufkir had had anything to do with the mysterious kidnaping and supposed murder of Leftist Leader Mehdi Ben Barka. All very stirring, but on closer inspection it developed that the tears in Oufkir's eyes were caused not by gratitude but rather by a cataract usually hidden behind his sunglasses...
...carry out his mission, NORAD's commander, General Dean C. Strother, 57, can muster a force of more than 100,000 men, a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS, pronounced bemuse) that stretches from Alaska to England, squadrons of missile-armed jet fighters, and flocks of Bomarc, Hawk and Nike-Hercules ground-to-air missiles. By its very definition, NORAD is a defensive force; by very obvious design, it adds immeasurably to the U.S. nuclear deterrent. Its buried COC is designed to survive any sneak attack; its trained staff will be able to make almost instantaneous assessment of continent...
...central terminal area, and installing complex ground-control systems. Even so, the Navy report has stirred the interest of aviation officials. It may well trigger more imaginative research into an area of aeronautics that has remained relatively unchanged since the Wright brothers used the dunes at Kitty Hawk as one of the world's first airfields...
Cymbals & Tears. "Ferocity," according to Coach Jack Ramsay, is the key to St. Joe's game-and opponents who have experienced the dubious pleasure of playing the Hawks in the cacophonous confines of Philadelphia's Palestra, know just what he means. The screaming starts at the opening whistle, and it does not stop until the final buzzer-even for foul shots. A masked, feathered mascot dances about the sidelines while cymbals clash, and the cheering section roars: "The Hawk will never die!" An Ed. D. who is always called "Doctor" by his players, Ramsay is a pretty ferocious...
Weighty Man. He thus became, in the '30s, a war hawk against the rising threat of Hitlerism, as later he was to be unpopular as a premature anti-Communist-he is still firmly opposed to negotiation with Russia except from a position of towering U.S. strength, and suspicious even of quiescent coexistence. But Strausz-Hupé has been considered wise and knowledgeable enough to have been consulted on many weighty affairs, including the writing of West Germany's constitution. He urged Navy Secretary Forrestal to make a show of American power in China in 1946, and argues that...