Word: development
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from such fun & games was a grisly speech by Major General Curtis E. LeMay, Deputy Chief of Air Staff for Research and Development. The future looked black to General LeMay, except for deadly flashes of atomic light. "Our frontier now lies across the Arctic wastes of the polar region. . . . The war will start with bombs and guided missiles falling on the U.S. . . . Any of the principal industrial nations can, by say 1950, develop a controlled air weapon that will deliver several tons of explosives with great accuracy over ranges of 3,000 to 6,000 miles...
...Curb's prime need now is for a boss who knows 1) the ins & outs of Government securities regulations and 2) his way around Washington. Francis Truslow knows both. A Yale graduate who later studied law at Harvard, Truslow worked for two Wall Street legal firms, helped develop regulations under the Securities Exchange Act, headed the Government's Rubber Development Corp. No new-broom wielder, Truslow plans "to do a great deal of listening . . . before indulging in any perceptible amount of talking...
...with Wildcats. Labor was only the most immediate of the tremendous problems facing Bermúdez. Pemex had fallen far behind on distributing its oil, and in discovering and developing new fields. On distribution, Bermúdez was hamstrung by the sad state of Mexican railways, but he had schemes to overcome that disability. One top-priority project: an $8,000,000 pipeline to bring natural gas from Poza Rica on the Gulf to Mexico City's industries and households. He also hopes to develop new fields that will give Mexico oil for at least 50 years to come...
...Leprosy, caused by a germ (Mycobacteria. leprae) resembling that of tuberculosis, attacks the skin and peripheral nerves. The first symptom is loss of sensation in the skin. Reddish spots develop, then nodules (lumps), particularly on the face. In late stages the disease may rot away the nose, ears, hands, feet...
...that they are dealing with systems of human relations. The executive who thinks in narrow legalistic terms will always be baffled by the human problems. ... If the union leaders simply press for expanded economic returns without seeking to make a positive contribution to the industry, then . . . wholehearted cooperation cannot develop...