Word: frictional
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Havre, biggest port of embarkation for homebound G.I.s, the U.S. Army port area commander demanded to look over all correspondents' stories. His reason: dispatches reporting friction between the French and the G.I.s had caused "embarrassment...
Invented by Captain James H. Brodie, the simple rig has four masts which support a long cable stretched between them. To land, the plane flies between the masts and snags a nylon loop with a hook above its wing. A friction brake brings it to a stop. To take off, the plane runs beneath the cable until it reaches flying speed-then disengages itself. The Army says that any competent pilot can do the trick. Some prefer the cable to a conventional landing strip...
...attack on Pearl Harbor before the strike, the ex-Premier would not be sure. But on the general ignorance and confusion in Japanese high quarters he was emphatic. Tojo, he insisted, was unaware of the Battle of Midway at the time it was being fought. There was constant friction between the Army, Navy and State Departments...
Actually, A.P. Sloan is probably the most functional, frill-less piece of human machinery in the U.S. industry hierarchy. He is also close to being its top industrial statesman. Once an associate likened him to a bearing, "self-lubricating, smooth, eliminates friction and carries the load...
...Friction between the Anglo-Americans and the Russians in the early days of joint occupation was caused by: 1) suspicion growing out of different languages, customs and behavior, and 2) the Russians' desire to make a good showing of their ten weeks of occupation. The Russians are proud of their Army's victories, not so proud of its appearance and peacetime behavior. They wanted to get the rougher elements out and the disciplined troops in before the British and Americans came. And they wanted the British and Americans to see how well they were cleaning up and running...