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A surprising number of things, from man's moods to the size of the elephant population, show up-& -down patterns that are almost as regular as the rise & fall of the tide. Some are verified by observations covering many centuries (e.g., by means of tree rings and silt deposits...
Argued Admiral Vickery: 1) the Liberty ship will be the seagoing white elephant of the postwar; 2) a changeover to Victory ships could be made without loss of wartime efficiency, for although fewer Victory ships can be built, each one can make more trips; 3) since materials shortages already limit...
The Watson group had reserved an elephant-sized needle for cautious, compromising Harrison E. Spangler, G.O.P. national chairman. Last week Watsonites journeyed to Washington, gave Harrison Spangler the full hypodermic. He did not react. The meeting was distinctly cool. To a hint from Harrison Spangler that Watson is trying to...
Boeing's worst feature was its disjointed Plant No. 2, far enough up Seattle's Duwamish River so that fuselages from the No. 1 plant had to be put on barges to reach final assembly. First, Phil Johnson tackled Boeing's sales problem-to get the money...
> On the difficult return journey some men went without food for long stretches. They ate bamboo shoots, mule steaks cut from their pack animals, elephant meat, boiled python, boiled grass. When they returned to the Indian frontier they were ravenous. Brigadier Wingate ate as much as his men, was asked...