Word: a2
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Submarines Pacific had brought him the advancement. The Navy's youngest Vice Admiral (53), he frequently rides the subs with his commanders. He has served in submarines for most of his career. His first command was one of the first submarines to go beyond the experimental stage the A2, in 1914. His immediate superior is a submarine man whose son is in the service, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet...
...into the Bay of Bengal, threatened to cut supply lines to India-source of 99% of world jute, from which burlap is made. With U.S. burlap stockpiles down to a bare three months' supply, something had to be done. It was. In March, WPB rated cotton-bagging at A2, only one notch below military cotton cloth. Month later Washington went a step further, forced all heavy-goods cotton mills to put 20-40% of their looms on cotton-bagging...
...home in all lands and ages . . . to lose yourself in generous enthusiasms and cooperate with others for common ends . . . the best four years of your life." That was what they would say if they said what was inside, Vag thought. What is Semitic 12, Sociology 19, English A2, and History 14a in comparison with the daily forming and stating of idealism's, the angry bull-sessions, the satisfaction of homeward treks as the sun comes up, the dashing of hopes, and the sudden thrill of Making The Board, the ferment intellectual and otherwise, the roar of the presses, the reports...