Word: maneuverer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When all the flight was safely aloft, the 1,047-ft. Kennedy got ready to position herself for the landing operation - "to seek the wind," in the Navy's phrase. All was well. There was nothing difficult about the maneuver; it had been performed thousands of times by units...
There were starkly conflicting versions of the courses steered by the Kennedy and the Belknap, leading to the disaster that all sailors fear - a collision at sea. The Navy began an investigation to determine who or what was at fault when the carrier and the cruiser started a maneuver that...
Kidnaping has become so common in so many parts of the world that diplomats and businessmen are beginning to take some novel defensive measures. Last week in Washington, the first four U.S. Government employees (nobody will say what agency they work for) "graduated" from the private Academy of Defensive Driving...
I hat seems to be the President's [chief difficulty, however, is the blandness of his personality and campaigning style, a serious handicap in a race with Reagan, who provokes an emotional reaction that probably wins him as many converts as do his views. Indeed, both candidates share similar...
IN A SENSE, the "moderates" want the same thing as the bunker: both groups seek to insure a stable Spain after Franco by different means. The two factions are caught on opposite sides of a double-bind. The bunker wants to maintain discipline through immediate repression, but risks arousing opposition...