Word: commandeering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Changchun is held by the First Army, perhaps the best of all the Chinese Government armies. It was trained, clothed and equipped in Burma by General Stilwell. . . . But behind their gallant appearance there is little of the strength they had under American command. They have only American equipment. They have been using it ever since they fought beside our men in Burma. It is worn out. . . . Their rifles have been used so much that they will no longer shoot straight. . . . They have excellent American artillery but are so short of ammunition that they cannot fire a single practice shot. Their...
...Command Decision (by William Wister Haines; produced by Kermit Bloomgarden) had several critics waist-deep in adjectives and recalling What Price Glory? Long hopeful of a good drama about World War II, they were partly confusing the quality of the drink with the intensity of their thirst. But no one could question that in Command Decision World War II had finally inspired an effective play...
Drang nach Osten. Among the documents which Shirer quotes is Hitler's pronouncement on the Russians to his supreme command, November 1939: "Russia is at present not dangerous. It is weakened by many factors today. Moreover, we have a pact with Russia. Pacts, however, are only held as long as they serve the purpose. . . . Let one think of the pact to assure our back. Now Russia has far-reaching goals; above all, the strengthening of her position in the Baltic. We can oppose Russia only when we are free in the West. [France had not then been overrun...
Kopp believes that this daily practice is indispensable if his boys are to master football fundamentals. He believes that football games are won or lost on the team's command of the basic facts of football life. "After all," he says, "by the time any two teams play each other, they both have pretty good ideas of what the other can do. But if one team has a superior knowledge of fundamentals and the necessary quickness, it will...
...individual contest ducats, the new system permits game-by-game seating flexibility, granting each man the chance for a better seat part of the time. Already, Class rather than House priority has proved both more fair and accommodating. And the early seat application deadlines enable the H.A.A. high command to minimize accurately the stag environs and maximize the more colorful areas of the arena. Taking conscientious account of the swollen enrollment of the University, the inevitability of some lines, and the steam age era design of the Stadium... the new plan works quite well...