Word: branche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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During and after World War II, Langer administered research and intelligence work for the government. He received the Medal of Merit in 1946 for his work with serving as Chief of the Research and Analysis Branch...
...building, one and a half stories, will provide the branch office with 2300 square feet of added floor space. "Because of the added room, and loading space, mail delivery in the area should be facilitated," a postal official noted...
...Titfield Thunderbolt (Rank; Universal-International) will carry railway enthusiasts on a satisfying junket through the past century of British railroading. When nationalization dooms the unprofitable branch line running from rural Titfield to the market town of Mallingford. the indignant citizens of Titfield take over the archaic rolling stock, with the vicar serving as engineer, the village ne'er-do-well as fireman, and a local squire as brakeman. An alcoholic landowner (Stanley Holloway) supplies the necessary money on being promised that the early-morning train will carry a bar-and-buffet...
Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. Chairman: ex-President Herbert Hoover, 77. Sworn in last week, the twelve-member commission is charged, by act of the 83rd Congress, with studying "the present organization and methods of operation of [the executive branch] to determine what changes would contribute to economy, efficiency and improved service in the transaction of the public business...
...services heads, continually changing the size, shape and pattern of the armed forces. A 20-year pension plan, which induces a man to rejoin the service, might be rescinded the year after he comes in. An officer who has spent most of his professional life in some branch of specialized research is apt to find that Congress or the Defense Department has scrapped his whole branch overnight...