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...have not turned out to be super-duper pilots-but as good as the U.S. Army turns out," he said. "That's important. Because we had one handicap: people assumed we were not producing because we were Negroes. Our men have been under a strain because of the civilian attitude. It is remarkable that they kept up their morale. But now that we have produced, things have changed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: Sweet Victories | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

...plants are from six to nine months behind construction schedule, are still only 85% completed. The flow of butadiene from them is discouragingly small. Oilmen wrathfully blame the delay on ex-Rubber Boss Jeffers, who gave the alcohol-processing plants a long head start by handing out super-duper priorities to all of them. The oilmen got what was left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUBBER: The Bottom | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

...answer the last, no investigation is needed. Everyone in Washington knows that when Jeffers won his super-duper priority from WPB, last December, the high-octane program suffered. Just how much is a military secret. But privately Washington whispers that monthly pro duction falls thousands of barrels below requirements. So far, the shortage has not interfered with overseas operations; the danger is in the long-term outlook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Octane v. Rubber | 5/3/1943 | See Source »

...memorized the Baruch report, especially the passage saying that "the program should be bulled through." Operating day & night on a devil-take-the-hindmost policy, "Bull Bill" Jeffers has butted his brow through so many walls, bellowed down so many other czars that he finally got a super-duper WPB priority overriding most other priorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bull Bill | 4/26/1943 | See Source »

Anyone who has seen Harvard in the two games it has played knows that this quality of super-duper defense under pressure which W & M possesses constitutes a distinct threat to Crimson hopes. For in both the Pennsylvania and North Carolina Pre-Flight contest the team was able to get down past the opponent's five yard line, but still failed to score...

Author: By Burton VAN Vort, | Title: W & M Defense Wins Scout Lamar's Praise | 10/8/1942 | See Source »

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