Word: correctible
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...release quoted by Farish: "In connection with the testimony of Mr. Farish [before the Truman Committee] that the American Ambassador in Brazil and several State Department officials had approved the sale of aviation gasoline to an Italian airline in 1941, Mr. Farish's testimony in this regard is correct...
...trying to get into the army often conceal bad eyesight by memorizing the letters on test charts (famed Flyer Quentin Roosevelt did so in World War I). Doctors must also be prepared for men who take opiates to stop diarrhea, barbiturates to reduce blood pressure, digitalis to correct an abnormal heart, etc. Concealment may succeed for years. An epileptic stayed in the regular army for years and became a technical sergeant, because his fits always came at night and his barrack-mates helped him conceal them. Eventually he had an attack during night field exercises, and army doctors retired...
...stories about him that Washington enjoys is about a Harvard faculty meeting: After he had held forth learnedly on one of his ideas, there was a respectful silence and then a facultyman blurted: "President Conant, I'm frankly not sure whether what you said is correct." The president pondered a moment, replied: "Come to think of it, I'm not sure of it myself...
...Read merrily the "Doughboy Dictionary" provided by a London paper, supposedly "interpreting" new U.S. slang to the British. Some definitions were correct. Others: a hobo is a redcap, sinkers are dumplings, a K.O. is a commanding officer...
...only one of its kine in the country. The need for a standard by which to measure the readiness of an air force unit has been great, and these officers are being taught such a standard, upon which they will base their reports, to be sent to the correct higher officers, and to Washington...