Word: controlled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...present problem of unifying the services dates from the National Security Act of 1947 which set them up "... under civilian control ... not for merger, but for integration into an efficient team." The act was a compromise affair, reflecting the Navy's old fear of having the other services gang up against it, and the Air Force's equally strong desire to get out from under Army control. The Army wanted to make sure it would get sufficient direct air support, and the Navy plugged for carrier task-forces as our main striking weapon. After the long fight, the office...
...Commission recommends that the Secretary of Defense be given absolute authority over a reorganized department in which the three service secretaries would be directly responsible to him; he would have the same power in financial decisions. The commission wants to see the National Military Establishment "reconditioned under firm civilian control, putting national security over narrow service interests...
...Crimson showed life only in spurts, and it was this lack of sprit, plan the ability of an opponent well-versed in ball handling and able to control, the backboards, that brought on the downfall of Coach Bill Barclay's quintet...
...Louis-Georges Teulery, 37, has admitted he delivered military secrets to a foreign power, police said. The foreign government was not named, but the semi-official French News Agency said it was "one of the popular democracies." Those are the words with which Communists describe countries they control...
...Army has taken control of nine government-owned ships that for two summers have given thousands of students cut-rate transportation to Europe...