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At any rate, the official “cause” of the rocket firing on the USS Forrestal is apparently listed as “shortcircuit.”
Is McCain About to ‘Refine’ His Withdrawal Plan, Too? « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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And if the Amercan people want to discuss whether John McCain was responsible for the death of 130 sailors on the USS Forrestal, is that then a completely unsubstantiated rumor and smear? or is it "a legitimate topic of discussion"?
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Mr. Forrestal is a quiet man and quietly in the middle of an unreported speech he dropped this remark: Most of our troubles arise of course from the fact that the British Empire is no longer doing the job it did.
Cross-Roads 1949
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The fire on the Forrestal was a great tragedy, but McCain did not cause it.
Liblogs News Feed 2008
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Millicent "flitted between Forrestal, Fleming and Dahl" for a time.
She Wore It Well Amy Finnerty 2011
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But the Forrestal Building all but screams at would-be pedestrians heading to Southwest: Go some other way.
As it redevelops Southwest, the District should follow the lead of Arena Stage Philip Kennicott 2010
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Secretary of Defense James Forrestal was more antagonistic still.
Palestinian Statehood and the Lessons of Oslo Fouad Ajami 2011
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Although it can't be seen from Arena Stage, a single structure -- the Department of Energy's Forrestal Building -- has an enormous and malign effect on everything in Southwest.
As it redevelops Southwest, the District should follow the lead of Arena Stage Philip Kennicott 2010
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James Forrestal, the manic-depressive who was then America's secretary of the Navy, was one of her conquests.
She Wore It Well Amy Finnerty 2011
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Forrestal and his wife were known to have an open marriage.
She Wore It Well Amy Finnerty 2011
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