Word: sternly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When dawn came, the marines seemed to draw encouragement from the sight of the three high-speed transports which had accompanied us, the two destroyers which stood in close to Wolmi, and the three rocket craft resting in a half-moon formation. "Lower the stern gate," barked a loudspeaker. The marines scrambled back to the landing craft; the low barrier separating the LSD's welldeck from the sea outside was cranked down. Slowly the tankand troop-laden LSUs backed stern first into the open...
...Landing Ship-Dock) carries smaller craft within easy reach of beachhead, unloads them by flooding its welldeck, floating them out its stern gates. A versatile ocean-going ferry, the LSD can also be used as a mobile drydock. Length: 457 feet...
...Richard Stern, director of the German university's English seminar, writes that the American books are needed for some 300 students attending lectures on American literature. "Literary soldiers stripped the pre-war shelves," explains Stern...
...amendment by the Republicans' Wherry and John Bricker which would direct the President, if he applied any price controls, to apply them all-and along with them, freeze all wages. Instead they gave the President power to impose selective price controls as deemed needed, but with a stern proviso: He must also freeze wages in the industries involved. Thus if steel prices were frozen, steelworkers would have their wages frozen, even though the price of their clothing and food might still be going up. Such so-called selective controls promised more confusion than stability. Bricker called the provision...
Robert J. Stern '50 also attended as chairman of the Northern New England Region and steering committee member, while Richard M. Sandler '52 acted as observer for the Student Council...