Word: expectation
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...each; aviation and ordnance 1.83. In the World War the ratio of losses for every 1,000 infantrymen in combat was as high as 349.6 killed & wounded in one day of intense attack, more often was no to 150. Guessing for the next war, the U. S. Medical Corps expects 150 daily casualties (24 killed, 96 shot & wounded, 30 gassed) out of every 1,000 infantrymen in action. Whole armies, having one infantryman to two in other services and a big proportion of their troops in reserve, may expect an overall casualty rate...
...Since General Goring took control of the entire German economy in 1936, the Nazis have made some progress towards their goal of Wartime self-sufficiency in Central and Eastern Europe. Low-grade iron ores are being worked by the State-owned Hermann Goring Iron Works; by 1940 the Nazis expect that perhaps 35% of the iron consumption of Great Germany will be supplied from domestic sources. Aluminum from bauxite imported from Hungary and the Balkans is supplementing heavier metals, such as copper and nickel. Artificial rubber sufficient for 25 to 30% of the peacetime rubber requirements is being conjured...
Come what may, Prime Minister Eamon de Valera's Eire Government does not expect to muster Irish troops to help Britain in a war. Moreover, considering Northern Ireland a part of Eire, the de Valera Government does not want the six counties mixed up with a war. Last week the British Government announced the beginnings of conscription (see p. 20). Promptly Viscount Craigavon, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, announced that Northern Ireland was a "most loyal part of the United Kingdom and would deeply resent any suggestion that she should not be included in the military training bill...
...report confounded defeatists who moan that U. S. collegians can expect nothing but frustration. If the typical college graduate is unlikely to become rich, he is still better able to get a job, earn a living and stay married than are his non-college contemporaries...
...vast number of Freshmen had three examinations over one weekend at mid-years, while some had as many as four. What does the University expect students with such exam schedules to do? Risk failing two out of their four courses, when they could pass by patronizing the Square tutoring schools? Theoretically, I suppose, students should be able to prepare themselves well enough ahead of time to meet any atrocious examination schedule. But, obviously, theory and practice do not always coincide...