Word: headway
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...been criticized for moving too slowly, for failing to galvanize his people into any sustained effort at economic development, and for tolerating a certain amount of influence peddling among his subordinates. It is also true that he has not made much headway against the endemic corruption that pervades every aspect of Nigerian life. Yet, given the fanatical tribal hatreds and the incrusted corruption he faces, Gowon has proved to be an effective and sympathetic leader. To his critics, he promises that he will hold elections and return the country to civilian rule in 1976. Then, he insists, he will retire...
...Teacher and Public Accountant Beame, who hugged it for dear life. Republican Candidate John Marchi dropped his scholarly stance to denounce the courts for letting off violent criminals, but Beame could hardly be accused of being soft on crime. Al Blumenthal, the Liberal Party candidate, could not make much headway in a year when his supporters were tired and divided; Conservative Mario Biaggi, one of the most decorated cops in city history, was destined to finish last after it was revealed that he had lied about his testimony to a grand jury investigating immigration bills he had sponsored...
...that nourished the Egyptian divisions in the Sinai. The Israelis quickly resupplied the infiltration commando force with tanks, halftracks and artillery, first by barge and later across bridges hastily constructed north of the Great Bitter Lake. By week's end the force of 15,000 men was making headway in a three-pronged assault on the western bank of the canal: northward toward Ismailia, southward toward Port Suez and westward toward Cairo...
...land at Ras Sudr, but lost ten of their troop-carrying helicopters to the Israelis in the attempt; the copters each carried 30 to 40 men. Copters also landed commando units in the northern Sinai in an attempt to cut Israeli roads and supply lines, but apparently made little headway; the Israeli army said it was "busy engaging them." In the air, the Egyptians said they shot down 27 Israeli planes but lost 15 of their own. The Israeli claims were 30 Egyptian planes shot down and four Israeli planes lost...
...third attempt was made to reach the sub-using a diving bell flown in from San Diego, Calif.-the men had been under water 26 hours. The bell also snagged in debris. One of the divers then tried to swim to the sub, but he could not make headway against the 2½-knot current. Hindered by debris and problems with its sonar gear, a little submersible called a Cubmarine had no better luck. Just as the situation seemed hopeless, the research ship A.B. Wood arrived, equipped with a remote-controlled underwater television camera. Using the camera to guide...