Word: furtherance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The people of Chungking were shocked even by the customs of the modernized coastal Chinese who retreated to the province six years ago. The U.S. soldiers depart even further than the coastal Chinese from Chungking social conventions. Chungking people believe that woman's place is in the home, that...
"Hell on the Hudson." West Point rules and traditions struck Plebe Robert Woods like a tidal wave on the morning after his mad dash to get there. Reporting to the cadet adjutant, he got this greeting: "Wipe that smile off, Mr. Dumbjohn, or whatever your name is! Brace up! Suck...
What Is Character? Yet classroom proficiency comes second at West Point. First is the intangible called character. If you ask West Point graduates to define it, they will usually mention the Academy's motto: Duty, Honor, Country. Pressed further, they may describe it as the pilot light that touches...
Last month he made a deal with French Gaumont for a picture exchange with the French-a deal that may leave Hollywood, which before the war was allowed to exhibit only a limited number of pictures a year in France, still further out in the cold. Visiting Canada, where a...
Nate Cummings plans his new Consolidated Grocers Corp. to be the General Motors of the grocery business, i.e., like Buick and Chevrolet, Reid, Murdoch would compete with Sprague, Warner for sales. Consolidated's various divisions include canners. manufacturers, importers, exporters and distributors of foods-its different branches maintaining their...