Word: civil
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...must be also recognized that there is a sacrifice involved. This sacrifice is a firm grasp of a particular subject. The proposed system tends away from a complete comprehension of a single field, tends toward the "broad knowledge of little depth" so feared and hated by the English Civil Service Examiners. Its danger is rank superficiality...
...Army's march on Prague began. "Attention! Attention!" blared Czech radios every five minutes all day. "German Army infantry and aircraft are beginning occupation of the republic. . . . The slightest resistance will bring . . . utter brutality. All commands have to obey the order. The units will be disarmed. Military and civil airplanes must remain in airports...
...sessions are Dorothy Thompson, columnist for the New York Herald Tribune; Sumner Welles and Francis B. Sayre of the State Department; Edsel Ford and Alfred P. Sloan, representing the automobile industry; Admiral Land, of the Maritime Commission; Walter Lippmann; Matthew Woll, labor leader, and Roger Baldwin, of the American Civil Liberties Union...
...sold the pick-up plan to Civil Aeronautics Authority is All-American's socialite president, Richard du Pont, crack airplane and glider pilot. Enthusiastic advocate of air mail for Main Street, he is confident his mail-snagging line will soon have counterparts in every part of the U. S., has cannily offered his pick-up device for sale. If the service proves widely popular the railroads may have something else to worry about...
Approved by the Civil Aeronautics Authority last week was the second high-powered U. S. engine to be built inline, for streamlining into wings and fuselages of high-speed airplanes. Like the Army's 1,000-horsepower Allison (TIME, Jan. 30), which has much less head resistance than broad-beamed radials, the new Ranger has twelve cylinders in two banks. Unlike the Prestone-cooled Air Corps motor, it is air-cooled, has finned cylinders set head down below the crankcase for better pilot visibility...