Word: brilliants
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There is a storm within him, and at sea he is at his best. For his staff service in the Atlantic during World War I, he won the Navy Cross. For his brilliant salvage of the sunken submarine S-51 (lost with 33 lives) in 1925, he got the Distinguished Service Medal. When the S-4 was rammed and lost with 40 men in 1927, he was again called to salvage duty, had the rare Gold Star added to his D.S.M...
Even though a tutor is a brilliant man in his field, he may not know how to make others understand property the subject under consideration, especially if he has had no experience teaching. For this reason, it has been suggested that all men registered as tutors with the Bureau be required to study for a short while at the School of Education in order to familiarize themselves with teaching problems...
...Limited and temporary salary cuts in Departments where "there is any unanimity of opinion as to cutting salaries rather than materially impair teaching." The University's traditional policy has been to attract brilliant but high-priced men from lucrative professions by paying for them liberally; hence salary cuts were banned in the present situation...
...Deacons' Testament, which will be on the newsstands on June 5,is expected to sell like 5c cigars when people learn that it uncovers the true story behind Snooperman, the mysterious genius who has reversed more than 100,000 books during his brilliant career. The Testament has all the dope--pictures of Snooperman in the act, a full story of how libraries hermetically sealed were broken into, and an editorial entitle. "What are we going to do about it?" Dick Lane, the editor, with a loyal staff of underlings, has seen to it that the Testament has complete coverage...
...traditional capitalism, the New Deal moves in the same direction as Stalinism and Naziism. The New Deal is a phase of the transition process from capitalism to managerial society." Readers of The Managerial Revolution may wonder whether Author Burnham does not carry neutrality too far-not once in his brilliant exposition does he make a slip, write the word fascist instead of manager...