Word: torpedos
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...Hafez Assad as recently as two months ago, when 261 U.S. Marines were still deployed in Lebanon. But "times have changed," noted Murphy, a former Ambassador to Damascus. Syria, he explained, had pursued a policy of confrontation with the U.S. and Israel as long as its aim was to torpedo the Lebanese-Israeli security agreement. Once that had been achieved, Syria apparently realized that it was in its interest to shift tactics and begin to search for ways to help stabilize Lebanon...
...armies then stepped up massive landing rehearsals against fortifications similar to those the Germans had erected in Normandy. Exercise Tiger, off Slapton Sands on April 28, ended in tragedy when German torpedo boats slipped into a line of landing ships and sank two. A total of 750 Americans died. Though a U.S. divisional history mentioned the incident as far back as 1948, it has attracted widespread attention only in recent weeks...
...stories were not denied, because they were true. Their appearance was a telltale sign of division within the Administration, at subordinate if not senior levels. Such leaks almost always come from officials seeking to torpedo a policy they regard as disastrously mistaken...
...technology. At another meeting, Nitze exploded, accusing Perle of "talking rubbish," raising "phony" problems and trying to "torpedo" the negotiations...
...small screwdriver used to adjust gyroscopes, General Electric had charged the Navy $780 apiece. New price: $45. For a rubber nose pad on a torpedo, Aerojet-General had charged the Navy $381. New price: $7.50. For a two-foot fiberglass cover for the radarscope of an A-6 bomber, Grumman had charged the Navy $1,800. New price...