Word: blanking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Parade. The Congressman's one best chance to peek into the workings of the powerful little group that runs the Navy comes when the admirals seek funds. In wartime Congress invariably writes this group a blank check, and so the lean, bald top dog, Admiral Ernest J. King, conceded, while contending that the money is spent carefully ("I'm a taxpayer, too"). But at committee hearings the people's representatives can give the admirals some uneasy moments...
...There are names on a few of the crosses, but most of them are blank...
Counterblast. To this kind of talk, Teachers College Dean William Fletcher Russell has been giving angry rebuttals before educators' gatherings. Russell favors helping devastated lands rebuild their school systems, but he would send pencils and blank paper rather than lessons written by the winners. Says...
Waiting for What? At most bases and on most ships of war it is necessary to arrive half an hour early to get a seat. Various games may be played while waiting. One of these is "Chase Me," with flashlights. One spectator will flash his light on the blank screen. Another spectator flashes another beam. Then the chase around the screen begins. This can be funny when played by two experts. Another game, invented by the marines in New Zealand, is played with white rubber balloons, which are inflated and batted through the air. The object...
...that it repeatedly suggests that its recommendations take effect through the law-i.e., that Congress should define and regulate the functions and powers of the reconversion agencies. The whole tone of the report is such as to encourage Congress in opposing the usual Administration practice of asking blank-check powers and appropriations for vaguely denned agencies. The economic destiny of the U.S. is envisioned as being not in the hands of the President (who released the report with a perfunctory nod), but in a Triple Entente: President, Congress, People...