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...little known but highly important Army figure who heads the General Staff's Operations Division, charged with developing new ideas and improving old ones for the combat armies. Although the chief duty of the reorganized General Staff is to evolve plans to be executed by the Army's functional branches???Air, Ground, Supply?Tom Handy actually directs much of the Army's operations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - COMMAND,THE COST: God Help George Marshall | 10/19/1942 | See Source »

...upper end of this tube was split into two branches???one supplying Mr. Beebe with air, the other connecting with a delicate telephone receiver. Thus, Mr. Beebe utilized the column of air which kept him alive, to transmit the sound waves of his voice to an amanuensis at the sea's surface. The device was contrived by Dr. Mark Barr, English physicist, who accompanied the expedition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Expeditions: Jun. 6, 1927 | 6/6/1927 | See Source »

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