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...World War II aboard the battleship Colorado. Entering the submarine service after the war ended, he received his first command at the age of 34. After a stint in Washington helping to develop the Navy's fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, Long went back to sea at the helm of the Patrick Henry, among the first of the new subs. By 1977 Long was a full admiral and Vice Chief of Naval Operations, and two years later he was made Commander in Chief of U.S. Forces in the Pacific. When the chairmanship of the Joint
...point during the crisis, Young, who had been at the helm for 8½ hours without a break, retired for a nap. As the shuttle program boss, Air Force Lieut. General James Abrahamson, later explained, "There's an old rule among test pilots: when there is a problem, then just slow down and back...
...P.L.O. fighters from Beirut last year. "He has been down before," said Amnon Cohen of Jerusalem's Hebrew University. "Until I see a photo that he's dead, I won't be absolutely sure that he's finished." Still, with or without Arafat at its helm, the P.L.O. will be a very different organization after the bloodletting around Tripoli...
BROWN 11, COLUMBIA 0: Brown Coach John Anderson is stepping down after 11 years at the helm of the Bruins' football program. The pressure to win, he says, has been too great--but today the pressure will be on graduating Columbia quarterback John Witkowski. Looks like Anderson will satisfy the alumni one last time...
...team has made a remarkable turnaround since the Leverett House resident took over at the helm. After the Dartmouth game, they were 2-2-1. Since Princeton, they are 3-0-1, the only blemish on their record coming in a tic against heavily favored, non-league opponent, Holy Cross...