Word: naval
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...speech of extraordinary gravity, President Kennedy told the nation Monday night that the United States was imposing a naval and air quarantine on Soviet military shipments to Cuba. This is a frightening and dangerous decision, but anyone concerned for the safety of this country and the peace of the entire world should recognize that it was a decision that had to be made...
...leading Soviet expert on international law said yesterday that the United States' move to impose a naval blockade on Cuba was tantamount...
...undermine the government of President Romulo Betancourt, 54, and bring it down. But Betancourt is not an easy man to topple. Since taking office nearly four years ago, he has survived street riots, assassination attempts and barracks coups-the last a bloody marine corps uprising at Puerto Cabello naval base last summer. In the meantime, he has doggedly pursued a policy of reform. Under Betancourt's agrarian program, more than 3,700,000 acres of land (mostly government property) have been divided among nearly 55,000 families; 5,000 miles of farm-to-market roads have been built...
...experiment at Middletown High School, near Newport, R.I., is just beginning its second year. Anywhere else. Middletown's 1,271 youngsters, mostly children of employees and servicemen of the nearby naval base, would be labeled seventh-to twelfth-graders. But Middletown has banished grades as well as failure and promotion. Instead, subjects are broken into small-step "concepts'' to be mastered over a six-year period. A student may plod in math while simultaneously flying ahead in English. For dullards, it may take seven years to get a diploma. Whippets can finish in five years. Sidney...
...disadvantage: the clerical headache. At first, Rollins thought teachers could use a computer to regroup the whole school every ten weeks. In practice, no suitable computer could be found, and the job takes up to six weeks of human labor. Luckily, bright teacher-wives are available at the naval base to form a staff equal...