Word: combings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...immediate comb-out by the Army & Navy of all uniformed personnel with scientific training or aptitude (perhaps 100,000) for assignment to schools to complete their scientific education...
...French footed the bill for the most part, through reverse Lend-Lease. But in a France short of everything, the Army had to furnish materials, comb through the Nazi prisoners for skilled workmen, haul coal for the plants from northern France, even supply food...
Some 700,000 more-disabled, overage and others-will also be released in the coming year. (The Navy will comb out about 25,000 physically unfit and overage men in the next six months.) The Army's par for becoming a Mister will probably be lowered. In any case it will not be increased...
Lieut. Rorimer had opened only a few of the several thousand cases. But he had an inventory, "a complete history of all the art here, looted, indexed and photographed by this gang." He also had proof that the Nazis had planned to comb the Continent with German thoroughness, lift every art treasure valuable enough for them to want. Sample evidence, from a letter written by Göring: "I consider bringing examples of French culture to Germany of the greatest importance, and you may count on the Luftwaffe to help...
Finally, Knutson demanded: "Is it your thought that we are going to create 60,000,000 jobs after the war by running a fine-tooth comb through American industries and eliminating the inefficient?" After a pause Henry Wallace said: "I'm not beating my wife any more, Mr. Congressman." Next day Knutson apologized for the remark about Wallace's intelligence...