Word: briefing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...After a brief respite in which they were handed concentrated packages of learning in a variety of courses, the often-tested G.I. soldiers in the psychology branch of the AST unit advanced through barrage of questions this week, keeping their heads well down--and their noses shoved into books during the intervals between tests...
Captain Barker, in his official capacity as commanding officer of the group, spoke a brief word of welcome to his newest, and one of his largest, schools. The group filled Sanders Theatre to capacity, as they marched in a body through the Yard...
...After a brief dedication to the late Brigadier General "Billy" Mitchell, evangelist and martyr of the air-power cause (who would have given his right arm for a movie like Victory to carry his message to the people), the film swings into a lighthearted cartoon history of aviation, starting in 1903 with the Wright Brothers' first powered flight (12 seconds...
...with arms and legs shot away. There was no hope of getting through. But they kept on, wave after wave of them, and they marched in singing. . . . Under the barrage you could feel the beat of [their singing] . . . then [when] the noise of the firing would lift for brief seconds you'd hear their voices rolling out. I don't think I have ever felt such pride in fellow...
...became associate editor of The Saturday Evening Post and Graham's Magazine in Philadelphia. That was in 1842. Graham's, with a circulation of 40,000-huge for that period-made money. Griswold's salary was $1,000 a year, his work tempestuous; his stay there brief...