Search Details

Word: torpedos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Russell, for example, gets off easy. Cogan tips the narcs, who bust him for deal ing. For Amato and Frankie, Cogan sub contracts a well-known torpedo. When the torpedo proves unreliable, Cogan "does a double" that compares to most literary killings as an IBM 360 compares to chicken tracks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Reptile of the Month | 4/1/1974 | See Source »

Curious Battle. Off the Syrian coast, the first naval encounter ended in a clear-cut Israeli victory: missile boats armed with the highly touted Israeli-made Gabriel missile attacked and sank four Syrian missile ships of the Russian Komar class and one small motor torpedo boat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Black October: Old Enemies at War Again | 10/15/1973 | See Source »

...everyone going to start selling rocking chairs and little torpedo boats?" Cambridge City Planner Robert Boyer asked last week. He said he wanted to find out if Harvard Square can "stand the high level of transiency that would result from the tourists...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Kennedy Library Will Open Late | 9/29/1973 | See Source »

...said he felt the environmental impact statement should assess the total potential impact of the Kennedy Library on Harvard Square, including the impact on the business district. "For example, is everyone going to start selling rocking chairs and little torpedo boats?" he asked. Boyer said he also wants the report to ask if Harvard Square can "stand the high level of transiency that would result from the tourists...

Author: By Wendy B. Jackson, | Title: Environmental Study to Delay Construction of JFK Library | 9/28/1973 | See Source »

Iceland denies that any such incident took place. Nonetheless, the British government ordered the Royal Navy frigates HMS Plymouth, Cleopatra and Jupiter to accompany the British fishing trawlers. All are armed with missiles and carry torpedo-bearing helicopters. Said Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Joseph Godber: "The Navy is not going to stand by and see our trawlers chivied by Icelandic gunboats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ATLANTIC: Cold Water Confrontation | 6/4/1973 | See Source »

Previous | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | Next