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...Watt, belonged, Watson-Watt worked on what was then called "radio location," a process of bouncing radio waves off distant objects. Tested by tracking the plane that carried Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to Munich and back in 1938, Watson-Watt's aircraft-spotting radar later helped his country repel German attacks during the Battle of Britain...
However, an impressive performance against the younger Academy team was not unexpected and so does not predict how effectively Harvard can repel the Bucknell attack. "This was just a chance for the team to get together. Practices are not that well attended any more. There will be much superior talent at the Easterns." Jonckheer said...
Rush hour cars move by the river toward the Mass Pike; in Harvard Stadium field lights go on to repel the dusk. On the field, the Crimson varsity continues to work...
Eban: The momentum of war may carry our forces beyond the 1967 cease-fire lines in [order to] repel the Arab threat. The Arab states can still set a cease-fire on the basis of the previous ceasefire, then get a peace negotiation on the basis of Security Council Resolution 242. But they will find our attitude on the boundary and security arrangements deeply and traumatically affected by the damage and loss they inflicted on us on the Day of Atonement...
Eban: I imagine that the Israeli forces will stop at the point that we think is safe against further attack. In this war we'll do what is necessary to repel the attack and ensure our security...