Word: aptness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...French soldier is apt to look sloppy in the ranks but the army is well grounded in the essentials and its men are tough individual fighters, particularly on the defensive. In training the rank and file, the French forget fancier phases of close-order drill, concentrate on teaching men how to shoot. Majority of French ordnance is old; but, like a skilled automobile mechanic with a battered jalopy, French marksmen get the most out of 1914 Hotchkisses, 1897-model Seventy-fives. The French are short on good anti-tank guns, way behind in the air (nationalization of the aircraft industry...
German military tradition goes back to Napoleon as interpreted by Clausewitz and made "totalitarian" by Ludendorff, who believed in the nation-in-arms theory and the war of extermination. Its weakness is a traditional reliance on Schrecklichkeit (frightfulness) which-though it won at Munich-is apt to backfire by stiffening instead of breaking opponents' morale. The modern German theory of victory by Blitzkrieg (lightning war) is untried and, in the opinion of many experts, unsound. Further, if Germany plans to carry war deep into Russian territory in case of Soviet participation, old Moscow Generals January and February (alias Cold...
...inches tall to make up for their short stature. But in the hard school of war they have learned to fight as well as strut. For the modern Italian army (900,000 men) is the only important European military machine with recent war experience. So its junior officers are apt to know more about fighting than junior officers of other nations...
Critics applauded the composer for leaving pithy dialogue to be spoken instead of sung, for his generally apt orchestration and unobtrusive transitions. Like Poet Benet's verses, the music is homespun to a turn. Far less spontaneous and intense than The Cradle Will Rock (TIME June 28,1937), No. 1 operatic experiment with topical U. S. material, The Devil and Daniel Webster is well staged and occasionally rises above self-conscious Americanism...
Frank Hinkley holds down the seven position. He halls from last year's phenomenal Freshman crew, and since then he has greatly improved his stroke. While in practice he keeps his form well under control, he is apt to shoot his slide a little under the stress of a race. Setting the pace for the second eight is Jack Wilson, who only tips the scale at 167. However, Wilson is strong and extra good on the low strokes. He has a little trouble still when he tries to set the pace for a good sprint...