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...years the U.S. soldier's grey-greens have been a nuisance to him. They are hard to adjust, complicated to lace (especially the left one), have a trick of starting to go adrift at crucial moments. Beyond that, a bumpily laced, hurriedly donned legging will inevitably bring a bark from the noncom, a frigid stare from the nearest officer...
...last five and a half years Zenith's engineers have worked at the new hearing device and a way to mass-produce it. Besides the economy of mass production, costs are cut by 1) providing the device with a tone regulator so that the wearer can adjust his own aid, eliminating professional "fittings," 2) providing rubber earpieces of various sizes so that the aid will fit any ear, 3) having customers send the aid directly to the factory for servicing, 4) lengthening battery life (batteries benefit from the regulator feature...
...greatest private industrial empire in the world for the loss of its titular head. But there had been more time than that. When Edsel Ford underwent a major operation 16 months ago, he must have known his days were numbered. But were even 16 months time enough to adjust the empire to the shock...
Note to Hopefuls: It is the practice at Statistical School to adjust the raining schedule so as to carry out the full amount of instruction hours and still provide the 4th Saturday afternoon for uniform shopping time in Boston. This means one or two night classes but does allow a daylight purchasing period...
...must try-I am speaking, of course, only for ourselves-to make the Council of Europe, or whatever it may be called, into a really effective League with all the strongest forces concerned woven into its texture, with a High Court to adjust disputes and with forces, armed forces, national or international or both, held ready to enforce these decisions and prevent renewed aggression and preparation of future wars...