Word: expendable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from admitting that it is a source of news, A.P. insists that "the source of news lies in the event itself. Access to the source of news is open to all who are willing to expend time, effort and money. News is, therefore, a product which . . "belongs to the producer." In short, A.P. sensibly claims that news events cannot be monopolized. This view does not grapple with the charge, which is that the means of spreading the news is monopolized. Another A.P. argument is that "if the news gathered [by] A.P. and its members were required to be made available...
...training job was terrific. Whereas the Eighth Army had thousands of square miles of desert to range and thousands of gallons of Iraq-Persia oil to expend, General Anderson had to conduct his maneuvers on the great farm that is England, and ration his thirsty tanks to save shipping. He had to remember that a single armored division's exercises would destroy crops equal to one week's food for England. Consequently the First had very little training as an Army before it went off to the wars...
...once; above all, to get around to his rear and make him believe himself hopelessly surrounded - this was the Japanese method. In the endless green of the forest a few cyclists, a handful of snipers and a liberal use of firecrackers could force exhausted British troops to expend the strength they needed against the far more deadly, incessant attack from...
Long-range Army bombers could fly from Hawaii and Johnston Island, refuel and load bombs on Midway, then join the struggle. Or they could fly laden from Hawaii, expend their gasoline and bombs wherever they found Jap warships, then land on Midway if that were possible. If not, they could come down at sea. This was war. This was the kill...
...holds. The Soviet aim, in throwing maximum power into the present three-front drive, is not only to gain territory but also to frustrate as much as possible Hitler's preparations for a new offensive. 'Push him, bleed him, destroy his bases and force him to expend at least part of the reserve armies he is saving for the spring.' This is the Russian...