Word: blinds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...swollen, muddied procurement program. He went to work in shirt sleeves, vest dangling, jaws chomping gum, his right arm working like a pump handle as he announced decisions. Soon he was promoted to Under Secretary. Judicial Bob Patterson's plodding, plugging methods have led him down many a blind alley. But they have also knocked over blank walls. He won permission for field ordnance officers to award orders up to $500.000 without approval from Washington, finally got the figure to $5,000,000, now has cut by two-thirds the time it took the Army to sign contracts...
...Half-blind Novelist Booth Tarkington, was awarded the [Theodore] Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal, commented on his 73rd anniversary: "I'm not old enough to glory in it, and I'm too old to be cheerful about it." Condoled his chauffeur, "You're looking good...
...Indian chief Galvarino, roaring and waving the stumps of his handless arms (mutilated by the Spaniards) over a group of prone Spanish soldiers, like a mad maestro leading an infernal symphony. Over his shoulders glared the faces of Revolutionists Francisco Bilbao (with beard) and Araucanian Chief Caupolican (with one blind eye). Behind them, clutching a Chilean flag, swayed the small figure of Chile's liberator, Bernardo O'Higgins. The two panels were connected by a broad ceilingful of abstract designs. Title of the whole: Death for the Invader...
...Humm-Wadsworth going-over, a 45-minute test, a man has to answer 318 questions such as: "Do you like to go on blind dates? Do you like to pass along a good story? Do you think traffic policemen have the right attitude toward motorists? Do you like movie heroes?" Studying the responses, Dr. Humm gets a "profile" of an individual showing his self-control, drive, truculence, tendency to daydream, etc. The average person, according to Dr. Humm, has a "normal-manic" temperament, i.e., is emotional but self-controlled...
...tank has two weaknesses: 1) blind spots; 2) slow speed. It is General Bruce's problem to figure out how destroyers can capitalize on these weaknesses. The TD's own weakness is lack of armor. Its strength is speed. General Bruce is figuring out tactics by which a destroyer can get in its dirty work with the least risk. He stands on a hill to watch half his men charge over the ground in tanks while the other half bedevil them with tank destroyers and all known anti-tank tricks. As all this goes on, Bruce...