Word: power
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...Russians were equally adamant in defending the buildup of their fleet in the Mediterranean (see following story). "The Soviet Union is known to be a Black Sea and, hence, Mediterranean power," the government newspaper Izvestia proclaimed, declaring that Soviet ships were in the Mediterranean to stay. In Red Star, the organ of the Soviet Defense Ministry, Vice Admiral Nikolai Smirnov said it was "imperative for the Soviet Union, in the interests of security," to strengthen its fleet. The presence of Soviet ships in the Mediterranean, the admiral wrote, "does not allow the Sixth Fleet to carry out the Pentagon...
...coup attempt in Egypt or Syria, a blockade thrown against Israel for Egypt, a pro-Soviet political upheaval in Albania, a Soviet power play against Yugoslavia-all are situations in which the Soviets could use their new seapower with unpredictable results. Some Western strategists worry that the friendly neighborhood presence of Russian ships may tempt the Arabs to take foolish chances soon against Israel, in the belief that the Russians would rush to their aid if Israel lashed back in force...
...naval base. But even without such bases, the Soviets now drop anchor all along the rim of the Mediterranean and sail binocular-to-binocular alongside the allies. The Russians muscled into the Mediterranean, says U.S. Rear Admiral Richard C. Outlaw, "in a concerted attempt to alter the balance of power in this area." It is to keep the balance even that this week Outlaw, whose name the Italians have happily translated as Il Bandito, takes command of Maritime Air Forces, Mediterranean (MAIRAIRMED), the special new NATO naval air arm created to coordinate the watch on the Russians watching NATO...
...debate among hard-lining Poles and many of the 250 foreign Communist guests at their Party Congress. The nonruling parties of Western Europe, Gomulka announced haughtily, should not expect to carry any weight with Eastern Europe's Communist rulers, "who carry the direct responsibility for the development of power in their countries as well as of the socialist system...
...Arkansas lower court agreed with the biology teacher. But the state's Supreme Court reversed that ruling in 1967, holding that the law was a "valid exercise of the state's power to specify the curriculum in its public schools." In last week's decision, the U.S. Supreme Court avoided entirely the issues of states' rights and freedom of speech. Since the Arkansas statute allowed the teaching of only the Biblical version of man's beginnings, ruled the court, it was clearly part of an "establishment of religion" by the state. The decision was written...