Word: naval
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...person shall be held to answer for a capital or other infamous crime unless on presentation of indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service, in time of war or public danger, nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property betaken for public...
Thirty-six years ago, as a cadet at the Royal Naval College, I saw the "mad major" test an incredible looking crate called a triplane- three wings, one below the other-top wing long, second shorter, third shortest. About 10,000 feet up over Spithead (the strip of water separating the mainland from the Isle of Wight) he made that crate do every trick . . . then put it in a dive and on the way down executed three close loops-one after the other...
...replace General Omar N. Bradley [as chairman], the top prospect is Admiral Arthur William Radford, naval aviator and commander of the Pacific Fleet . . . To succeed General Joseph Lawton Collins, the President would like to name his old friend, General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther . . . But Ike is said to think that NATO needs Gruenther more than it needs General Matthew Ridgway . . . Leading candidate: Ridgway. Probable choice [for Air Force Chief of Staff] : General Nathan Farragut Twining . . . Admiral William Morrow Fechteler . . . will probably be replaced as Chief of Naval Operations. Front runner for the job: Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney...
...thin 120 wings), Ike said pointedly: "With all this in mind, we are putting a major emphasis on air power . . . Our revised budget will provide the Air Force with more than 40% of all defense funds for 1954 . . . Buttressing this strength are those additional funds allocated to Naval air power for 1954-totaling more than half of the Navy budget. This means that almost 60? out of every dollar will be devoted to air power and air defense...
...assistant in History at the College in 1932, and then, after a short stay at Lawrence as a tutor in an experimental program, returned here to get his doctorate. He taught at Wesleyan University from 1940 to 1944 as a professor of Classics, though he also instructed Naval V-5 students in Physics. In 1944 he was elected president of Lawrence College and has been there since...