Word: maneuverer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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¶Massachusetts' John Kennedy, Butler made clear, is his Democratic presidential candidate. If Kennedy wins in the Wisconsin primary, Butler predicted, he should cop the nomination. But if he arrives in Los Angeles with as many as 500 delegates in his pocket and still falls short of the big...
Before dawn one day last week, a company of Panamanian soldiers hopped into landing craft and hit the beach on the Pacific coast of the U.S. Canal Zone. Just after sunup, a company of Brazilian paratroopers tumbled out of U.S. Air Force turboprop transports over the zone after a 500...
Designed to test the concept of a "remote" defense of the Canal Zone, under which outside troops are rushed in to counter surprise attack, the maneuver showed that Latin America has used its $493 million in U.S. military aid since 1950 to train and equip at least the beginnings of...
"We Were Home." They needed it. Even small wars are not complete without bungles. Brigadier General J. Ford Kent managed to maneuver three regiments, including Private Post and his outfit, onto a single cowpath over which a U.S. observation balloon served as a perfect marker for Spanish firepower. More than...
Bright Future. By selling 10,000 shares (leaving him with 13,740), Romney got $900,000, of which $200,000 went to pay the capital-gains tax, another $200,000 for debts remaining from the first purchase, and $70,000 for tithing to Romney's Mormon church. His net...