Word: seventh
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thirty-two miles to the northeast, at the harbor city of Keelung (pop. 150,000), the 13,600-ton cruiser Helena, flagship of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, lay at anchor. Aboard the Helena, the atmosphere seemed as cheerful as that ashore. The fleet's commander, a quiet, three-star admiral named Alfred Melville Pride, one of a long line of seafaring Prides (see box), went about his daily routine with casual efficiency. The mood aboard ship was one of unruffled waiting. Vice Admiral Pride and his topflight staff had events well enough in hand so that he could...
...blue memo slips with terse messages, e.g., "O.K., I'll go along with this," or simply. "Let's talk." He finished his correspondence by 9 o'clock. Then, one by one through his brown Fiberglas door curtain came the top officers of Pride's Seventh Fleet for a conference. Pride greeted them quietly. These were men who measured up to his half-joking credo: "If you find the right man for the right job, you don't have to work nearly so hard yourself."After the conference, followed by a business lunch, Pride took...
Since arising, he had turned in a maximum amount of work with a minimum of fuss and bother. The U.S. Seventh Fleet reflected the relaxed efficiency of Mel Pride, who, despite a distinguished record, is a stranger to the public...
Fourteen months ago Admiral Pride was given command of the Seventh Fleet. When he transferred his flag to the Helena, his cabin was one that had once been prepared for President Truman. The walls were painted robin's-egg blue, there was a television set and a spinet. Said Pride: "Goodness gracious, what's going on in this boudoir?" Actually, the spinet was not a bad idea: Pride likes to make music, plays the piccolo, flute, harmonica and ocarina...
...Dartmouth ski team led the other Carnival participants last night with a team score of 192.1. The Crimson team was in seventh place with a score...