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All of the noise, grime and foul smells were generated by Joint Exercise Desert Strike, the biggest U.S. desert-warfare maneuver since General George Patton trained his tank forces in the same area in 1942 to prepare for the invasion of North Africa. Although considered a war "game," Desert Strike...
Key to the sprint relay is the baton pass-a complicated maneuver that must be accomplished blindly but precisely. Grambling's Coach Williams learned the secret from the British. Impressed by the fact that the British national team had beaten the U.S. in international competition, Williams studied movies of...
Moscow protested that "the American brass has obviously set itself the task of creating a tense situation near the southern border of the Soviet Union." The Russians indicated that any U.S. aircraft straying too close to Soviet territory would be shot down. Yet all such shouting was fully expected, and...
A Maneuver That Failed. The worst news came from London. For years, London's local government has been solidly in Labor hands because of the capital's working-class majority. Last July, on the Tories' initiative, Parliament created the Greater London Council, to include the growing, sprawling...
Reid's most crucial moment came in an earlier test of strength with military brass jealous of his influence. To get the upper hand, he recently called in the army and navy chiefs of staff one at a time to inform them of a new system of rotating the...