Word: generale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, the House also: ¶Rejected a bill to increase the pay of everybody in the armed services except recruits, along lines recommended by a civilian commission, after a year's study. Cost: $350 million the first year. Total monthly pay of a major general has risen only 11% ($805 to $895) since 1908 while a private's base pay has been boosted almost 350% (from $18 to $80). But since the new bill favors the brass, a group of ex-G.I.s in the House raised such a fuss that it was sent back to committee...
...Rent Act of 1949, all units will be offered to veterans of World War II during construction and for a thirty-day period after completion. All units not rented by veterans will then be available to other members of the faculty, students, staff of the University, and the general public...
They are afraid because for every known agent of the FBI, there are several undercover agents and general informants in the area. These are the men likely to charge them with guilty-by-association. These are the men they suspect of watching their homes, and in one case of opening their mail...
Since the pitching surface is rough, the experts find the best technique is to encircle the penny with the index finger and then roll it in the general direction of the ledge, preferably with a sweeping motion from the side which is more conductive to learners. On a smooth surface, a tossing, rather than a rolling method is recommended, but on a rough surface one never knows which way the penny will bounce when it lands...
Yesterday the Herald sidled up to the general public with the information that General Lucius D. Clay, retired American Military Governor of Germany, is a sure thing. Sources inside the general's paddock tipped it off, the Herald claimed...