Word: united
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With the exception of two introductory briefing sessions which have already been held, the group will not act primarily as a single unit. Each member has been assigned a specific area of American life, and will be consulted whenever an Administration policy decision bears on his specialty...
Harry told us we had reached the Widener Chamber, one of three large junctions in the system. We spent some time examining control panels and gauges before we discovered that the noise was due to an enormous fan unit. The Widener Chamber, we learned, is also a ventilation center, where stale air is pumped out of the Tunnel and fresh air sucked down from the surface. (Some of the intake air is compressed to operate control units in the heating system.) The exhaust outlet of the Widener Chamber gave us, at least, a chance to locate ourselves with reference...
When scholars dare extend their scope as did James Ralston Skinner in "The ancient of days; the measure of the heavens and the earth by means of the only unit of measure the British inch" (Cincinnati, 1873), one can only gasp at the audacity with which the cataloguer writes on the card of "The book of God; the Apocalypse of Adams-Cannes," that "The writer appears to be insane...
...land surface, including some 70 nations of the Middle East, Africa south of the Sahara, and Southern Asia (USCINCMEAFSA). In his spare time, he is directing the evaluation of a controversial Army air assault division with which the Army hopes to prove that it needs a large air unit of its own for quick strikes. Air Force officers claim that the Army is merely trying to steal their troop-carrying and air-support role...
Before flying to Athens, Makarios had unilaterally abrogated a 1960 treaty under which Greece and Turkey are permitted to keep army units on Cyprus. His target was a 650-man Turkish force, whose presence-though hardly a major military threat-Makarios-finds unbearable. Promptly, Turkish Premier Ismet Inonii rejected Makarios' demand for the unit's removal, warned that if the Turkish force should be attacked, Ankara would consider it aggression...