Word: complexed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...complex explanation boiled down to a grim fact: the productive miracle of industry was being outdone by the wasteful miracle of war. The shortages were still not at the front, but war was devouring the stockpiles faster than industry was replenishing them. Perhaps war was eating its last meal and would soon die of a surfeit-or perhaps not. Until the outcome was known more production was needed...
...invasion was the greatest gamble, the most complex operation in the history of war. The design of it was the product of hundreds of brains. The responsibility of it fell on the shoulders of one man-Dwight David Eisenhower...
...diplomacy when the Chief of Staff sent him first to Britain, then to Africa in 1942. In addition to his natural ability to get along with people, Eisenhower acquired the knack of hitting it off with other nationals, notably the British. In Africa his command structure was a complex but smooth-working mesh of U.S. and British officers, and he carried the same formula back to England when he was chosen to head the invasion. Of the six men on his Supreme Command, four were British...
Between U.S. forces on Leyte and the inviting western island of Mindoro was the whole complex of the Visayan Islands, largely held by the Japanese. On many of the islands (see map), Filipino guerrillas working with U.S. officers had seized control of great areas, which dominated some of the straits. Within these areas there could be no Jap airfields, few or no observation posts. So the bold stroke would not be a desperate stroke...
Gunners sitting inside plexiglass blisters sight the target through a small square of glass, track it to get speed, range and angle. A computer of complex and secret design sets electronic and mechanical elements in motion. The computer also makes corrections for such errors as might be caused by wind, the pull of gravity, parallax (i.e., the distance between the gunner's sighting position and the turret he is operating), and the speed of both target and firing planes. All-electric, from sight to firing pin, the guns respond to the most delicate adjustment. All a gunner...