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...that makes them more vulnerable to intense flak and small-arms fire. Moreover, as one Air Force general put it, if the MIGs were forced to retreat to Red Chinese airfields, their effectiveness would be drastically reduced, since they would then have only three to five minutes' "loiter time" over Hanoi...
...stopped his troops from looting the city, forbade them to loiter on the streets, even ordered Bukavu's bartenders not to serve them alcohol. He issued a stern warning to Bukavu's provincial president that local police brutality must end, personally ransacked a block of houses in which several murderous cops were thought to be hiding. Riding in an open Jeep, he inspected nearby communities, stopping long enough to organize temporary local governments in each. "I intend to maintain law and order," said Mulamba. It was a forlorn intention in the present Congo...
...totally unschooled in the ways of segregation would find nothing extraordinary on the surface of Chestertown's daily business life. Both Negroes and whites do their serious shopping on the town's main street and neither race is confined to the "inside lane." Negroes loiter in white areas, and when together no one seems to wonder on whose grond they stand. If Negroes eat at the same crowded restaurant or get their haircuts in one of two tightly packed barbershops, well, they might prefer in that...
...totally unschooled in the ways of segregation would find nothing extraordinary on the surface of Chestertown's daily business life. Both Negroes and whites do their serious shopping on the town's main street and neither race is confined to the "inside lane." Negroes loiter in white areas, and when colored people talk and walk together no one seems to wonder on whose ground they stand. If Negroes eat at the same crowded restaurant or get their haircuts in one of two tightly packed barbershops, well, they might prefer it that...
Colonel Thum gets each firing schedule in advance and deploys his forces accordingly. If a missile to be tested has heat-seeking guidance, he cannot use aircraft for fear the missile will turn on the planes. When aircraft can be used, they loiter as close as they dare. Sometimes they drop a flare to mark the impact. Sometimes the helicopters land and pick up small items, but fallen missiles are dangerous. Each carries a "destruct" charge to blow it to bits in case it heads for a place where it can do damage. Colonel Thum's recovery...