Word: expectantly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...back is turned there is much reversion to many a nasty habit. The Premier has, however, about 250,000 Chinese soldiers who are actually crack troops, "Chiang's Own," trained to the snap of intelligent duty by German officers. In case of war with Japan these 250,000 expect to have the harrowing duty of driving as many as possible of the 2,000,000 miscellaneous "Chinese soldiers" ahead of them against the Japanese and shooting in the back the tens of thousands who will falter...
...that of Representative Joshua Bryan Lee of Oklahoma, elected to replace blind, anti-New Deal Democrat Thomas Gore. A famed orator who has modeled his talents on those of William Jennings Bryan, when Josh Lee gets to the Senate where there is no limit on debate, Washington can expect a feast of eloquence...
...types of casualties in increasing numbers, namely mustard gas and out-&-out burns. It should not be an uncommon occurrence to find mustard casualties soaring close to the 100% mark in the smaller units. . . . In addition to these mustard casualties it seems to me that we must expect and prepare for another type of burn. Today there is more than one indication that thermit and white phosphorous are going to be dumped on rear area installations in appalling quantities. But even if we discount this rather gruesome possibility, we cannot escape the gasoline motor. Our tanks, our trucks, our reconnaissance...
...prepare doctors for such wartime troubles, 19 U. S. medical schools last month re-established Reserve Officer Training Corps units. Next year 31 medical schools expect to follow suit. When commissioned in the Army a doctor gets $2,000 a year as a first lieutenant, $2,640 as a captain, $3,600 as a major, $4,000 as a lieutenant colonel. In the Navy Medical Corps a lieutenant earns $2,000 a year, a lieutenant commander $2,400, a commander $3,000, a captain...
...Southerners operate from a single wing back and also from punt formation. They are famed throughout Dixieland for the freedom with which they toss laterals. In their last game punt receivers threw as many as four laterals passes after catching the ball. In other words Harvard may expect a wide open attack, and should get invaluable experience at pass defense...