Word: problem
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...says Lockheed's top Polaris man Stan Burris, "is the most unreasonable man if you come to him about a problem you've got today. Tell him about a problem you're going to have in six months, and you've got the most patient and understanding guy you've ever met." The pressure never let up-and then, suddenly, it increased. In August 1957 the Soviets fired their first ICBM, and the oceans narrowed from thousands of miles to 30 minutes. The continental U.S. came within reach of a distant enemy firing from...
...impressive as the ship herself. Commander James Butler Osborn, the crewcut, square-jawed skipper who looks like a football player, talks like a Marine drill sergeant and thinks like a well-trained engineer, seemed almost in love with his exquisite command. "This ship," he insisted, "is not a problem in physics; it's an article...
...Another problem is the density of the air in the equatorial Congo, which forced the choppers to use more fuel per mile than at their Seventh Army base in Stuttgart, West Germany. Several choppers were shot at by Congolese soldiers who mistook them for Belgian craft. Pilot Captain James Sanders of Nashville, Tenn. had his helicopter holed eight times by machine-gun bullets while on a search mission near Inkisi. But, says Captain Sanders philosophically, "the Congolese are right friendly when they find out you're not Belgian. They come up and shake your hand. I was impressed...
General's Problem. In temporary tactical command of the U.N. forces was Britain's Major General Henry Templer Alexander, who has been "seconded" to Ghana as commander in chief of the Ghanaian army. Early last week the Belgians were taking advantage of the confusion to parachute troops into smaller cities throughout the country, planning attacks on Matadi, Thysville, Stanleyville -Premier Lumumba's home town. Alexander cooled off the Belgians, rushed tough Ethiopian troops to Stanleyville and sent Colonel Ben Omar and his Moroccans down to Thysville and Matadi...
...imperialist bids you good night," and stalked from Lumumba's presence. The Premier did somewhat better when he ordered Alexander to clear all Belgian troops from Leopoldville by 6 o'clock. The general pointed out that it was already 6:10. "That," said Lumumba grandly, "is your problem, general, and I leave it to you to solve in your...