Word: depending
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...details of what a transfer to the Regular Navy would mean in the way of a career, Forrestal frankly admitted, would depend on future legislation. All he could offer now were three generalized inducements: 1) transfers would be made in such, a manner as to "place all of you on an equal footing with U.S.N. officers of about the same age and of the same length of service in rank"; 2) Reservists who transfer would get the best naval education in the world; and 3) they would be promised "an equal opportunity in promotions and assignments...
...Emporia, Kans., Mrs. William Allen White exclaimed: "Kansans had grown to depend upon the tremendous courage and vitality of this big Englishman. And now zowie...
...mention of the Emperor was omitted, possibly because the Allies are still debating what to do with him; possibly to suggest that his fate and that of the peculiar institution he represents will depend on how the throne's influence is exerted...
Right now the daily trips to the office are becoming more & more irksome. He is longing to get away from the job, to travel, study, read. Whether he does or not may well depend on the stuff that the dream is made of. For the moment that is under Lady Rothermere...
...eminent position of the U.S. in the family of nations is supported by her balanced elements of greatness, one of which is ... military power." The success of the world security organization may well depend upon U.S. military power. But it is not "feasible" for the U.S. to support a large standing force. The alternative: "A trained citizenry is . . . necessary to a respectable military posture for our nation in the postwar period." Far from being unAmerican, the report declared, the plan for military training "is in accordance with our best traditions...