Word: tactically
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...radar showed no target at all. Says Lieut. Raymond Connell, in charge of Maddox's guns: "I recall we were hopping around up there, trying to figure out what they [Turner Joy] were shooting at. We fired a lot of rounds, but it was strictly a defensive tactic." It could also have been a malfunction on the radar screen. Aircraft from the carriers Ticonderoga and Constellation were overhead by this time and saw nothing much either. However, four seamen aboard Turner Joy and one man aboard Maddox did report seeing silhouettes of a ship, and sailors said they...
JOHNSON'S tactic seems based on Ronald Reagan's suggestion of "letting the Cong go to bed every night afraid we're going to hit them with the big one in the morning." As an extension of a bomb-them-to-the-conference-table policy, it offers little encouragement to those hoping for unilateral U.S. concessions...
...nation's labor unions long ago perfected the divide-and-conquer tactic of selective strikes in industry-wide negotiations. Only lately have companies tempered union pressure on struck rivals through "mutual-aid pacts." The airlines have used them since 1958, and they have popped up in such industries as railroads and rubber. Last week it became known that the Big Three of U.S. automaking, going into their 1967 negotiations, had considered a mutual-aid model of their...
...opening minutes of the second half. Harvard went ice-cold--not an unusual tactic this season. As the Crimson missed the basket for almost five minutes, Dartmouth captain Joe Colgan went on a spectacular scoring spree...
...football gear. Therein lies a certain danger. Confident of this rush, Oakland's cocky cornerbacks have developed the habit of playing opposing pass receivers extremely tight to cut off the short pass, assuming that there won't be a long one. It is a tactic that could backfire against Oakland, considering the caliber of the Packers' offensive blockers. If Quarterback Starr gets the protection he needs to throw the bomb to such adept maneuverers as Split End Boyd Dowler and Flanker Carroll Dale, Jimmy the Greek could turn out to be a conservative...