Word: adept
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...will be expected of each volunteer that he allot a portion of his time to defense training in his school so that he will shortly become adept at executing almost any position in Civilian Defense. Thus, in the event of an emergency, whenever additional defense personnel is needed, the versatile Shock Brigades could be called upon for service...
Against these advantages Japan balances a Navy with a high tradition, adept leadership, proved last week. Carrying the initiative with them, armed with secrecy, flaming with the success of their surprise attack, the Japanese have a broad ocean to hide in between blows...
What these two men said to each other in 75 minutes was not made public. But the times, the war, above all, the contrasting personalities of Wendell Willkie and Franklin Roosevelt made that meeting dramatic. Willkie, 49, good-natured, practical, forthright; Franklin Roosevelt, adept, experienced, in politics for 30 of his 59 years. The room where they met had seen some mighty contrasts in its day; it had rarely contained two men so sharply opposed in temperament, training, belief...
...Jack Towers at 56 is still a qualified pilot, is especially adept in big flying boats. He gets in about 100 air-hours a year. Because a crash in 1912 left him with a damaged left eye, he has to have a co-pilot along for safety when he flies...
...subordinates are: Rear Admiral David McDougal Le Breton, 56, a greying, bandy-legged bantam who holds six decorations. He is generally rated one of the Navy's ablest tacticians, by his partisans is considered a coming CINCUS (Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet). His disparagers say that he is adept at polishing topside apples. He commands the Atlantic Fleet's single division of three old battleships (Arkansas, Texas, New York),* whose 12-and 14-in. guns were so short of range that Congress last year authorized their elevation to a point where they could at least match modern cruisers...