Word: armes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What an example to a suspicious and nationalistic world! What a moral shot in the arm! What a bargain...
...Family Car. Will the plan save the Navy from what it most dreads and fears-a merger which would eventually swallow it up, air arm and all? The Army's proposal called for a single Secretary of National Defense. Under that kind of setup the Navy foresees "derogation of sea power as a part of the national forces." The fear is well founded. According to such men as General of the Army George C. Marshall, the Air Forces will relegate Navy & Army to a secondary position in any future...
Under Vargas, Gomes rapidly made himself his country's leading expert on aviation. He organized Brazil's military airmail routes, agitated for a strong air arm. As World War II came to the Americas, he took command of the air force on northeastern Brazil's strategic bulge. A little later, while American engineers and Brazilian laborers feverishly hacked out bases in the jungle for the vital air route to North Africa, Gomes backed them up with all his might...
...members felt put upon, and didn't care if they showed it. The Justice Department had first twisted A.P.'s arm with an antitrust suit; then in June the Supreme Court had twisted it even further. Said the Court sternly: nobody must be denied A.P. membership just because a local rival fears the competition...
Pitchers & Catchers. The one big reason for Cleveland's upsurge is the right arm of Bob Waterfield, who in his first year of pro football established himself as a forward passer of Baugh-Luckman caliber. Rookie Waterfield was the catch of the year for Ram Manager Charles Walsh and his new coach, brother Adam, captain and center of Notre Dame's famed "Four Horsemen" team...