Word: briefing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Wendell Willkie's suggestion that the U.S. should have bases in Northern Ireland and Scotland immediately became big, if brief, news. At his press conference President Roosevelt dodged the inevitable questions. He said he would not be surprised if U.S. workmen and U.S. materials were being employed by the British on at least 50 bases throughout the British Empire. But that did not mean that the bases were for the U.S. Government...
Despite the generosity of the original British terms, the neck-in-noose Government at Vichy bleated of dishonor, made a brief show of refusing them, then dumped the whole mess into General Dentz's lap. After thanking the Vichy forces who took part in the campaign, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain declared to Syria's civilians: "France is going to suffer an eclipse in the Levant...
Reprints of medical articles announcing great modern discoveries are as rare and valuable as 15th-Century incunabula. One of the rarest items Mr. Schuman ever handled was a reprint of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes's brief essay proving that childbed fever may be caused by filthy obstetricians and hospital wards. Several years ago, Mr. Schuman visited the late Sir Frederick Banting in Toronto, asked him to sell a reprint of his first article on the discovery of insulin. Replied Sir Frederick ruefully: "I have only one copy left on file...
...still quiet, and Lee cried out: "What can detain Longstreet? He ought to be in position now." Noon passed, and Longstreet did not feel ready to undertake his seemingly tough assignment. Not until 3:30 did the advance begin; it was 6 when the Confederates actually got a brief foothold on Little Round Top, only to be driven back. Had Longstreet won that bastion in the Union line, the full assault on the main Union position the next day-Pickett's charge-might not have been a disastrous failure. It might never have been necessary...
...swimming pool, a golf driving range, the Cadet club where tax-free Tom Collinses sell for 20?. Outside his hard-driven hours he has no responsibilities. With $75 a month to fritter away on weekends or payments on a car, he seems to have ample funds for his brief periods "ashore"-Saturday nights and Sundays...