Word: naval
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...face of Soviet expansionism. Kissinger argued that only because of the U.S.-supplied equipment, the anti-Soviet groups in the former Portuguese colony have so far managed to thwart Moscow's desire for a foothold on the southwest coast of Africa. Among other things, Soviet air and naval bases in Angola would give the Russians the capacity to intercept Western supertankers en route from the Persian Gulf to Europe...
...Politburo level, to question whether the Kremlin might be throwing away its rubles in Angola. They argue that there is no way to guarantee that sizable Soviet backing will buy an obedient satellite state or even produce a trustworthy ally. Moreover, even if the Soviets were to gain naval and air bases in Angola, giving them a long-coveted foothold on the West Coast of Africa, skeptics maintain that the strategic advantages would not be worth the damage done to Soviet-American relations and East-West détente...
...night and listened to records," the 51-year-old, modishly-coiffed, naval-physicist-turned-peanut-farmer-turned-politician recalled at the end of a press conference before he left to join the Allman Brothers Band backstage. "I've listened to all their records, sometimes when I didn't want to," Carter said with his characteristic bridgeworked, sheepish grin, referring to the listening habits of his three grown sons. Then his face reassumed its rote, campaign-coached, presidential weightiness...
Welch has had a checkered career. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at 16, entered the Naval Academy but dropped out when World War 1 ended, dropped out of Harvard Law School because, his official biography says, "he had one too many arguments with Prof. Felix Frankfurter." Welch then went into the candy business, but had an unhappy encounter with the Great Depression, and even his invention of the candy bar which eventually became the Sugar Daddy didn't save him. He later joined his brother's company, Welch Candy Company, and became vice-president. At one time...
...doffed his royal decorum last week and took a turn on the boards during the Taverners' silver jubilee at London's Grosvenor House. Then, after mingling with the ball's 1,300 guests until 2 a.m., the Prince returned to his workaday world at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich...