Word: boardings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ickes as Secretary of the Interior, there seemed no limits to the glistening future of the Wisconsin wonder boy. Behind him was an impressive record of public service as a member of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission, manager of TVA's power operations, head of the War Production Board. At 38, he was the youngest officer in the Cabinet, a hard-driving New Dealer who quickly mastered Interior's operations and spent at least half of his time in the field, brushing up on department problems at first hand...
That statement in Crommelin's personnel file made it almost certain that he would not be promoted to rear admiral (he was the second ranking airman in line) by the selection board which meets this week. It also greatly diminished his chances of ever attaining flag rank...
...Soviet Russia a one-man show? Says Smith: "[Stalin is not] an absolute dictator on the one hand or a prisoner of the Politburo on the other; his position, I would say, is more that of chairman of the board with the decisive vote. There doubtless are divisions on policy and cliques within the Politburo, but none of them are anti-Stalinist...
...corporation went to work right away with the appointment of a three man Committee on the Selection of a President, headed by Irving S. Olds Y '07, member of the corporation and chairman of the board of directors of United States Steel. This committee's recommendation will go to the full corporation for a vote...
Students' choice of majors has become almost unlimited, with the institution of interdepartmental majors ranging from Science and Music and Engineering and Drama to any combination the administrative board can be persuaded to approve...