Word: oceaneering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Both maneuvers have been long scheduled. But the importance and publicity given them pointed up a troubling trend of stress between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Behind the trend are two basic elements: Russia's vigorous activity in the Middle East, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean, and a growing conviction in the White House that Moscow is deliberately testing President Nixon's-and the nation's-mettle. In the Administration's view, the Kremlin is probing everywhere, seeing how far it can get at a moment when the U.S. is intent on drastically reducing...
...Cool, Cool Water" is an equally preposterous tribute to water. The song is full of electronic simulations of rainstorms and water flowing from a faucet in varying degrees of intensity. The song is backed up by incredibly complex harmonies and punctuated by the lyrics (sung a cappella ): "In the ocean or in a glass/Cool water is such...
...world attention from the President's journey, Nixon's message was far from muted. While with Pope Paul at the Vatican, he observed incongruously that he was about to visit the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean-"the mightiest military force that exists in the world on any ocean." The Pope gently raised a sensitive topic, expressing his hope for a prompt peace in Viet Nam. Then, in a ten-minute talk to seminarians at the Vatican's North American College, Nixon used the word "power" no fewer than 14 times. He referred to himself "very humbly...
...Dick and Pat flew to London for a relatively quiet visit with Heath and Queen Elizabeth. Nixon's brief stay included a working session devoted largely to Middle East affairs, in which top British officials expressed concern over the growing naval presence of the U.S.S.R. in the Indian Ocean...
...Aimee was the most famous woman in the West. And then suddenly she was dead. Her body, it was true, could not be found, but her secretary said she had last seen Aimee swimming out to sea at Ocean Park, Calif. The faithful mourned hysterically. Then one day word came from Douglas, Ariz., that Aimee had staggered out of the desert babbling about being kidnaped and held for $500,000 ransom...