Word: lightly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Congress buying? Basically, a modern air force by 1952. It would be built of planes developed since the war and available, to replace an air force of World War II planes. The present 55-group Air Force is organized as 13 heavy bomber groups, 24 fighter groups, three light-bomber groups, eight troop-carrier groups, seven miscellaneous groups including reconnaissance, mapping and weather,* plus 17 separate squadrons. The new force would add eight heavy bomber groups, one fighter, two light-bomber, two troop-carrier and two miscellaneous...
...size of a group varies with the planes: 30 heavy bombers or 48 light bombers or 75 fighters or 36 to 48 troop carriers...
...scene like a mirage confronts the traveler thirsty for freedom, hope and a decent glass of beer. An hour and a half by plane from pinched and drawn London, a day by train from harrowed, hungry Berlin, he suddenly finds freedom, hope and a very decent glass of rich, light beer-the biggest glass of beer in Europe...
Abdullah's Legion was the only major Arab force ready to move quickly and effectively. But it was easy to exaggerate what such a force could accomplish. And the Legion could not move far without a green light from the British, on whom it has depended for money, arms and leadership. One of Abdullah's visitors last week was Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, mild-mannered secretary general of the Arab League. He made no rash claims. Unshaven and weary, with his tarboosh pushed far back on his head, he admitted disconsolately that the Arabs were "the most inefficient...
...Sons" is hardly escapist fare. Watching the defense of a man break down under the weight of his own guilt is more conducive to morbid fascination than to light-hearted pleasure. The players approach their task with all due reverence for its theme...