Word: emphasising
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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>Following Pearl Harbor, "greatest urgency" was for the new battleships of the Iowa and North Carolina classes. The 45,000-ton New Jersey was completed in 26% less time than the 35,000-ton Washington. After Coral Sea and Midway, emphasis shifted to carriers, then to landing craft and destroyer...
The new course, introduced at Chapel Hill, N.C., is a fitting addition to the tough training program of the Pre-Flight Schools. When cadets arrive at the University of North Carolina, they have already gone through a Naval Flight Preparatory School and a War Training Service School, where they got...
2) Agreement between the two nations will be difficult because "we put the emphasis on opportunity; they put it on security." When a reporter asked if he was talking about social security, he said bluntly, "No. In business too. They're interested in cartels and other protective devices. They...
By tomorrow, officers wishing special assignments during the late September leave must apply stating their specific choice of billets. Officers wishing alternative billets in case their first choice is not available must so indicate. Duties at the assigned billet will be rather general with emphasis on observation.
Note on the shifting emphasis of World War II: Cadaverous James McCauley Landis, called in to rescue the Office of Civilian Defense from its dancer and bowling coordinator dog days two months after Pearl Harbor, is resigning soon to go to Cairo as a member of the British-American board...