Word: digest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...flagship next morning they read in the ship's news digest that a certain Admiral in Washington had told newspapers: "The U.S. now has the balance of military and naval striking power in the Pacific...
...numerous small faults mar the efforts of a hard-working cast. Poor lighting arrangements leave a third of the stage dark, costumes clash violently with upholstery, and a supposedly "meditative" character walks on stage with the "Reader's Digest" in one hand. Such incongruities detract continually from a comedy which otherwise would carry its audience along without pause...
...list than upperclassmen. Telescoping courses into six weeks resulted in shortened reading lists and laboratory and lecture schedules. Intensive study at the two course rate left students with neither time nor material for the integration necessary to the success of Harvard education. Science students, particularly, found it impossible to digest the full quota of factual material usually presented, while those with long lab assignments were over-whelmed by the attempt to jam sixteen weeks' work into the five-and-one-half allotted. Short exam periods immediately following final lectures cut out all review and forced students to resort to "coffee...
...leaf from, Goebbel's book, the men in Washington have climinated the bombast and the lies and have added accuracy, perception and historical depth. And, the resulting dose, of history is simple enough for the average attendant, Lone Ranger and Mickey Mouse not-withstanding, to savor, devour and digest...
William B. Ziff, author of the best-selling The Coming Battle of Germany, wrote in the current Reader's Digest: "Time is running out on us. We must act without further delay. We must utilize now all demolition carriers [bombers] in our possession. Whether they are ideal in their performance qualities or not, we must throw them headlong at the enemy. . . . We must have, then, one armed force to which all else will be auxiliary-an air force. We must have one production line to which all others will take second place -a production line serving that air force...