Word: standing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Navy's underground antisubmarine warfare plotting room in Norfolk, sailormen stand 24-hour-a-day vigil over a map that represents the millions of square miles of Atlantic Ocean (see cut). From the Navy's far-flung detection posts come reports of unidentified contacts, instantly plotted with diamond-shaped metal markers. This wall-sized chart is televised daily to Atlantic Fleet Commander Jerauld Wright, Admiral U.S.N.; top-secret reports on sightings are typed on red paper, circulated among the proper officials of the Pentagon-and the typewriter ribbons are locked up after use to prevent unauthorized people from...
...warned its government that should the Skate have a serious accident in the Copenhagen harbor, dangerous radioactive materials might be released. "If only one-fourth of the radioactivity aboard got out," said one physicist darkly, "all human beings within a mile around would perish." Suddenly Premier Hansen did not stand alone: it turned out that the British had also had qualms about the recent visit of the Nautilus. Sure enough, when asked, Her Majesty's government admitted to having welcomed the Nautilus at Portland (pop. 15,000) precisely because the port was small enough to be "suitable." British atomic...
...value and results of the President's Middle East speech could not be measured solely by General Assembly resolutions. Besides proposing a Middle East program, the President set forth, in terms whose echoes should linger long, the U.S. stand in the world: firmness in the face of "ballistic blackmail," steadfast opposition to aggression, loyalty to the U.N. Charter, friendship toward other nations and readiness to help them achieve their real and legitimate aspirations...
This did not mean that Castro could now come down and engage in a stand-up fight. But he did hold the Oriente countryside, and he was strong enough to expand his guerrilla operations. This week rebels were fighting in four of Cuba's six provinces, and Castro reinforcements were scheduled for Camagiiey and Las Villas provinces. Batista still held the big, fixed positions of power-the cities, the capital, the labor movement, the army-but their strength was ebbing...
...daily Cordoba. As the pack prospered and multiplied on such fare, fines were imposed on loose burros and a squad of "burreros" was formed to round them up. The owners just waited and eventually bought back their animals at city auction for purely nominal prices. Public opinion would not stand for destroying the strays...