Word: generaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this apparent attempt to "ride universal military training through on the coat tails of the draft." Instead of UMT, the House is urging an Air Force of 70 groups, a figure somewhat in excess of Secretary Forrestal's estimate, as a more practical measure. But in defense of UMT General Omar Bradley warned Congress that air power was not the primary concern. "The alternative to UMT," he stated, "Is not 70 groups, 170 groups, or 1000 groups. The alternative . . . is a standing Army big enough to carry the Army portion of a war burden for one year, until mobilization...
Despite his indefinite general attitude, Mather declared that support of Wallace did not represent "the proper appraisal of the obvious debits alongside obvious assets"; "making almost certain victory of the most Republican of Republicans" against "laying the foundations for victory four years from now." He furthermore strongly disapproves of the Wallace stand on ERP, holding that one should "work to influence the details of its potentialities for tremendous progress." But he left open the possibility that he may vote for Wallace later...
...physical defect. At the age of twelve, he was "lifted by the ears" into a train, and began to get deaf. Growing deafness soon drove him away from conversation and into the libraries which made a deeply read man of him. While normal hearers tussled with life's "general uproar," Edison came to love the state of "insulation" which enabled him to "think out my problems" in peace. And freedom from "meaningless sounds" steadily directed his ears to certain minutiae of sound that he could hear very well...
Afternoon and evening discussion groups covered various aspects of the general topic. "The World Student and UN." One 30-man panel considered "UNESCO and International Student Exchange" under the chairmanship of Bart J. Bok, professor of Astronomy and Associate Director of the Harvard College Directory (above...
...faculty committee, not Dean Watson, which made the decisions about the Band. This committee, the Committee on Student Activities of which I am chairman, consists of Professors F. C. Packard, P. S. Wild, Jr., G. W. Woodworth, Dr. D. M. Little, Dean Watson and myself. The committee has general supervision over undergraduate organizations and activities outside of athletics. Dean Watson's job is to carry out the decisions and general policies adopted by the committee. Whatever praise or blame there may be for the decision in the case of the Band or any other organizations beings on the committee...