Word: naval
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...Prime Minister is cast in a very different mold. The son of a wealthy lumber dealer, he served as a naval paymaster in The Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia) and Formosa (now Taiwan) during World War II. For a few years after the war he was so embittered that he insisted on always wearing a black tie, since "every Japanese should be in mourning." But in the early '60s, Nakasone was deeply impressed by the political style of the late Robert F Kennedy, from whom he picked up the very un-Japanese habit of shaking hands with everyone...
...such that little dissent is heard. Since Saddam became President in 1979, he has maintained his popularity by rapidly improving housing, roads, medical care, and other amenities. These have largely been paid for by Iraq's oil revenues, which reached $21.2 billion in 1979. But Iran's naval dominance in the Persian Gulf and the decision by Syria, which supports Iran, to close one of Iraq's pipelines to the Mediterranean, have cut exports to only 650,000 bbl. per day, down from 3.5 million...
...Bird sends back TV images and provides high-resolution photographs, which are ejected in parachute-equipped canisters that can be hooked in mid-air by recovery planes. Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union have satellites that can scan the earth with radar beams. One objective: to track naval vessels...
...naval officer and one of those ramrod matriarchs who appeared to have walked straight from the Mayflower to Beacon Hill, young Bobby seemed to be born with sand under his skin. The man who would go to jail as a conscientious objector in World War II was a schoolboy brawler nicknamed "Cal" after the most violent of Roman emperors, Caligula...
...area around Beirut International Airport. Unlike the French and Italian troops, they have seen little of the city because U.S. authorities have been determined to avoid incidents between the Marines and Lebanese civilians. The U.S. forces have invited a few Lebanese officials and journalists to visit the American naval vessels offshore, but otherwise have had virtually no contact with the local populace...