Word: maneuverability
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As the sun dropped, a British lookout spotted a Russian officer checking Communist positions on the hill. Suddenly the officer fell flat on his face. The British and West Germans guffawed. The Russian glared, stood up and fell again as though it had all been a planned maneuver. The Westerners...
The completely automatic interceptor may not be far away. In the near future, whole formations of specially equipped standard fighters may take off, maneuver together high in the air, and land untouched by human hands. Special planes for this kind of operation are well advanced.
Ever since Abilene, many of Ike's friends had been nagged by the feeling that his campaign lacked spirit and a sense of direction. Last week, however, things seemed to be picking up. Ike, throwing off his reluctance to deal in personalities and political maneuver, came out slugging at...
True to its training, the British Foreign Office pulled the saving maneuver: while London would not renege on its promise of self-determination for the Sudanese, it was O.K. with London if the Sudanese themselves, of their own free will, wanted to negotiate with Egypt.
The maneuver went thus: