Word: expand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Force announced that it would increase to 917,000 "as soon as possible," nearly doubling its present strength. The Air Force also decided to reopen 13 more stand-by bases within the next twelve months, to expand facilities for its growth to an 84-group Air Force...
...time at all, the Navy and Air Force began firing orders at Aerojet and the company took off with a whoosh itself. Within 18 months, it got six Government loans to expand, still needed more cash. It got it from General Tire & Rubber Co. (which liked Aerojet so much that it now owns 81% of its stock...
...President. ". . . We will continue to uphold the principles of the United Nations . . . We will continue to work with the other free nations to strengthen our combined defense . . . We will build up our own Army, Navy and Air Force and make more weapons for ourselves and our allies . . . We will expand our economy and keep it on an even keel...
...talking stage, specific details for expansion are a meet point. Where the money would come from is a very mute point. "The U.S. Public Health Service is crying for more doctors," Dr. Fitz points out, "but we must not expand and lose quality...
...cheap substitute for wool, which, for similar use, sells at $2.15 to $3.50 a lb. Since dynel orders already far outstrip the company's annual production of 2,000,000 lbs., work was started last week to double the output. If dynel catches on, Union Carbide hopes to expand to as much as 40 million lbs. a year...