Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...southern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to land marines anywhere that they are needed, and even to reinforce the U.S. Air Force (if called upon) in a strategic bombing northward over the Black Sea to Moscow. It is uniquely fitted to move in on crises ranging from local riot to local war without setting off a big global bang. "We can exert flexible force tailored to fit any situation," says Vice Admiral Charles Randall ("Cat") Brown, 57, the weathered combat-carrier veteran who has commanded the Sixth Fleet since last August. "We can raise our voice without shouting...
...officers and men of the Sixth Fleet know from experience that the Mediterranean lies at the heart of the most volatile, least predictable region in the world. But beyond all local questions hovers the big one: Can the Sixth Fleet survive if the Russians turn their high-flying bombers against the easily radar-spotted targets in the middle of the all but landlocked Mediterranean...
...other places in the South last week, the anti-bus-segregation drive-and reaction to it by white extremists-went far beyond litigation. In Birmingham, Ala. the Rev. Mr. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, 34, antisegregation leader and pastor of a local Negro Baptist church, told the city commission to end bus segregation by the day after Christmas, or "we will take whatever action is necessary." Late Christmas night six or more dynamite sticks blasted the Shuttlesworth house. Miraculously, Shuttlesworth and his family escaped serious hurt. Shuttlesworth next day led some 150 of his followers in broad-scale, nonsegregated bus riding, later...
...eligible for membership in this exclusive club, Americans must be members of the U.S. Congress, or staff employees of the various congressional committees. The money they spend comes from counterpart funds, i.e., local currencies accruing to the U.S. Government in exchange for U.S. dollars spent under foreign-aid programs. And best of all, though the law requires that such expenditures be reported, the reports need not be fully detailed or made public...
...President Eisenhower will begin a threeday, seven-stop flying tour through the worst-hit of the drought areas, the skeleton-dry southern Plains states, to assess for himself the extent of the damage. In Wichita, Kans., Ike plans to join a specially convened meeting of farm, business and local government representatives to discuss possible improvements in the Government's already extensive relief program. No matter how high the new totals may go, ultimate relief can come only from a source uncontrolled by man: the saving beneficence of drenching rain or heavy snow...