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...this first NSC meeting on the Mayaguez incident, and at sessions that were to follow, Kissinger and Schlesinger argued over how much force?in particular, how many Marines???the U.S. should be prepared to use to free the ship and its crew. Schlesinger urged that the U.S. should move cautiously to avoid overreacting, and should use only the minimum strength necessary to get back the ship and crew. But Kissinger maintained that the U.S. had to employ enough force to give the operation broad political impact in Asia, particularly as regards North Korea, which has lately sounded more belligerent toward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: A Strong but Risky Show of Force | 5/26/1975 | See Source »

Artist Frederick Judd Waugh, Pittsburgh's favorite, is neither unknown, unrecognized nor impoverished. At 73 he is lean and fox-bearded and his dealers, Manhattan's Grand Central Galleries, are proud of him as one of their best sellers. He paints about 75 canvases a year?mostly marines???sells them for from $400 to $2,500 apiece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: People's Choice | 12/17/1934 | See Source »

Last week the only one of former "Red" Sacasa's former officers who was still fighting U. S. Marines???and has fought them for five long years?was General Augusto Cesar Sandino. During the electoral campaign General Sandino, who was not officially a candidate, abruptly proclaimed his rebel camp the "Capitol of Nicaragua." Not wishing to be bombed or to feel a Marine's bayonet between his ribs. General Sandino kept secret the whereabouts of his "Capitol," well hidden in the Nicaraguan mountains near Honduras. Announced he: "I do not recognize Sacasa as the winner of election. I shall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Incorruptible Leathernecks | 11/21/1932 | See Source »

...something. She had been trying to get in the film business as an art director when she took her first role as an extra. That was five years ago, in Souls for Sale. She has appeared in several mediocre pictures?The Auction Block, Tell It to the Marines???and in one masterpiece, The Crowd, which was directed by her husband, King Vidor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jun. 24, 1929 | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

...Uncle Sam's island possessions, planes must be like the Marines??? ready to fight on land or water. The Army Air Service has therefore long sought for an efficient amphibious airplane for its coastal stations in Hawaii and the Philippines. This has now been provided by Grover C. Loening, President of the Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation of New York City, designer of the Loening flying yacht and organizer of last year's shortlived air line from New York to Newport. After long development and secret tests, the Army has placed an order for ten of these remarkable all-purpose airplanes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Loening Amphibian | 8/4/1924 | See Source »

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