Word: fleetness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Admiral Earl Mountbatten, commander in chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet, took time off at Naples, adjusted his undersea fishing gear, dived into the Gulf of Salerno for a little subterranean exploration...
Proudly, Britain's De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd. last week announced delivery of the last of nine Comet I jet airliners to British Overseas Airways Corp. By early 1953, BOAC hopes to have the fleet flying on a London-Tokyo route as well as to South Africa, Colombo and Singapore. De Havilland hopes to have all the bugs of jet operation eliminated-and perhaps be flying its Comet III-before the U.S. gets a commercial jet transport into...
Lord Killanin, an art patron and onetime Fleet Street reporter, suggested that Thoor Ballylee, the Galway castle where Yeats lived for twelve years, should be turned into a Yeats museum. Valentin Iremonger, one of Ireland's leading younger poets, calbd this "pernicious sentimentality." Said Iremonger: "We ought to honor our dead by loving our living, not by erecting a necropolis in the County Galway." Iremonger thought he had a better idea: an occasional monetary award for deserving poets. Thomas McGreevy, director of Ireland's National Gallery, thought the ideal memorial would be a retreat where poets and scholars...
...Seven. Oklahoma has seasoned backs (notably fleet Billy Vessels), sturdy linemen (notably Linebacker-Center Tom Catlin), and a tradition of five straight Big Seven championships. No. 2: Kansas, with 1951's able backfield improved by experience and the presence of Army's 1950 quarterback, Gil Reich...
While gobbling up other lines through stock swaps and outright purchases, Moore spent approximately $6.5 million on new equipment, built his bus fleet to 1,013 and his work force to 3,223. At nine major terminals, he installed restaurants to serve meals at cost. To make bus travel easier, he pioneered through bus service over long distances; a Continental passenger can travel from Dallas to Los Angeles, for example, without changing. Last year, on a gross of $30 million, Continental netted...