Word: targets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then the Fund for the Republic ran into trouble. The American Legion denounced it, charged that it was telling Americans that Communism was no serious threat to the nation. Herblock, a Fair Deal Democrat whose best target is the Republican right wing, is also a prime target for the Republicans. Recently, the right-wingers bombarded him heavily because of a cartoon that turned out to be badly timed. The cartoon portrayed President Eisenhower carrying Vice President Nixon on his back, with the caption: "You're going to run again, aren't we?" Herblock had drawn the cartoon before...
Harvard, as a large center of learning, was an ideal target for the Communists to infiltrate, Velde asserted, and that is why his committee found it necessary to call so many witnesses from the University. He said that 11 people, who either attended or were members of the faculty were summoned by the committee when he headed it from...
...biggest U.S. firms for contracts, and been able to deliver. On the fire-control system, for example, the Air Force gave Hughes a year to develop the project from scratch; nine months later, an Air Force pilot flying a jet fitted with the prototype unit shot down an unseen target plane automatically...
Needless to say, then, as a source of humor No Time for Sergeants is practically a goldmine. Military life is always a ripe target. But the show's dialogue needs tightening. It continually seems poured in around the catchy scenes and clever jokes as a filler, like cement. Funny situation are set up too obviously. The dialogue holds together only through the skill of the actors, who manage to prevent the humor from degenerating into slapstick...
...Portable Base. If the SeaMaster proves out as its friends hope, it will add a new dimension to long-range air warfare. It will need no elaborate, fixed and vulnerable bases. Instead, it can establish itself in any sheltered body of water within 1,000 miles of the enemy target. The few supplies that it will need can be brought by submarine, if necessary, and enemy reconnaissance would have a hard time spotting such a sketchy "base" before the mission is completed. The next strike could be based on a different bay or lagoon...