Word: naval
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...already supplied its allies with 1,000,000 tons of military equipment, not counting aircraft and naval ships...
...California burgundy). The next day he dropped by the White House for a chat and addressed the National Press Club. Later in the week he received a rousing ovation when he spoke to the Western Hemisphere foreign ministers (see HEMISPHERE). Between times he made a quick trip to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, visited Mount Vernon, laid a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and attended another formal dinner given by Secretary of State Dean Acheson...
...eastern flank of the peninsula, U.N. naval forces bore the brunt of probing the enemy, sapping his buildup, keeping him as much off balance as possible. The port of Wonsan, 80 miles above the parallel and a key traffic hub, was under continuous fire; by week's end it had endured 43 consecutive days of bombardment, a naval record exceeding that achieved in the siege of Vicksburg.* Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith, in command of the naval task force off Wonsan, described the operation: "In Wonsan, you cannot walk on the streets. You cannot sleep any time...
...would deny that the Argentines might have produced some sort of laboratory-scale nuclear reaction, non-Argentine scientists were skeptical. "This is an interesting series of words," said an AEC physicist, "but it means nothing to me." Said Dr. Ralph E. Lapp, onetime chief of the Office of Naval Research: "I know what that other material is that the Argentines are using. It's baloney." Snapped Juan Perón: "I am not interested in what the U.S. or any other country thinks...
...Shepards, father & son, know their 18th Century. Odell Shepard, Pulitzer Prize biographer of Bronson Alcott and onetime lieutenant governor of Connecticut, is also an eminent authority on 18th Century English prose and poetry. His son, Willard, is a specialist in early naval history. The Book-of-the-Month Club has made this learned collaboration its choice for April, but it takes a bit of special interest in either the 18th Century or Bonnie Prince Charlie to make up for all the talk in the library...