Word: fasters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sirs: After 20 years' service in the regular Navy as an enlisted man, and after having seen both regular and reserve officers perform in time of war, I am in favor of abolishing the Naval Academy entirely. Young college boys fresh out of school learned the ropes faster, appeared much better educated than the general run of Academy graduates. What is more important: they could think...
Specialists like these increased about 100% between 1920 and 1940 and have been increasing still faster under the impact of full production...
...cost housing; local authorities will erect it; materials will be scheduled just like bomber parts; the homeless will be billeted in other people's spare rooms as long as necessary. And by 1950 the problem should be licked. Britons hoped that Bevan would get along with it faster than he has to date...
...hand at deflating competitors, announced that it was immediately cutting its passenger fare to Great Britain from $525 to Foynes to $275 all the way to London. It could do this, it said smoothly, because it was ready to start transatlantic service this week with Douglas DC-4s, faster and cheaper to operate than Clippers...
Last week applications were pouring in faster than ever and only a few dingy furnished rooms were available. Volunteer workers wondered if there was anything like it anywhere...