Word: hit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...West continues to insist on the right of free access to Berlin, that will mean war. ''but it will be your war." ¶ The U.S.S.R. has set up in Communist China an array of rockets with enough range to hit Formosa and destroy the U.S.'s Formosa-guarding Seventh Fleet; it will also back Red China in any invasion of Formosa...
Like a man sideswiped by a fast car, Ohio's cherubic Governor Mike Di Salle dazedly picked himself up last week and felt around for broken bones. It was hit and run-but no accident. The driver: Presidential Hopeful John F. Kennedy. The verdict: the boldest power play thus far in the 1960 Democratic race...
West Point's All-American fullback, Air Force Major Felix ("Doc") Blanchard, 34, got an official citation for not fumbling in a tight spot. Piloting a Super Sabre jet last month in England, Blanchard suddenly found his aircraft on fire. He could have simply hit the silk-but his plane might have plunged into a heavily populated area. Doc Blanchard made his choice, rode his winged torch down to a happy landing. Said an Air Forceman: "One of the finest flying jobs I ever...
...weeks. Based on the poem by Torquato Tasso (1544-1595), the opera was derided by Addison in The Spectator for its "Painted dragons spitting wildfire, and enchanted chariots drawn by Flanders mares." But its lush melodies were just what the public wanted: it became the first real operatic hit in English history. Its success won Handel a ?200 annual pension from the crown...
...Force to let FAA men use its radar facilities. He has worked out a common airspace system for both military and commercial planes, opened thousands of square miles of "restricted" military space to commercial carriers. He prefers to use soft talk instead of a big stick, but he can hit hard, especially when pilots fail to realize that jet planes require a much closer watch than older, slower planes...