Word: geniuses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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McNaughton applied his genius for analysis to the theory and practice of artillery fire, and artillerymen of all armies recognize his contributions to their art. He brought centralized fire control to a new point of efficiency (see p. 72). He worked his men as though they were his pupils in a laboratory. Said one of them last week: "McNaughton had us on hilltops, in trees, day and night, clocking the enemy firing, until he had located every enemy battery on our front. He had us out digging craters for shell fragments until he knew the exact size of every enemy...
From the prize of all griping letters (written by some anonymous camp genius), which Private Hargrove carried around with him as a literary masterpiece: "At the infirmary, patients are divided into two classes: 1) those who have athlete's foot and 2) those who have colds. Anyone who claims he has neither a cold nor athlete's foot is sent to the guardhouse for impersonating an officer. I am very popular at the infirmary. I told them I have both a cold and athlete's foot. What I really have is gastric ulcers, but I know when...
These judgments were probably wrong. In the Japanese army and the Japanese system, the military politician has a peculiar value. The army is not only "in politics"; it dominates Japanese politics. No Cabinet can survive without the army's approval. Political genius was therefore closely allied to military genius, and the soldier with genius or capacity in both fields was all the more necessary to the army. Itagaki therefore had to take no insult when his closest friend and associate, General Juzo Nishio, said: "I'll do the fighting. Let Itagaki do the office work...
...outlay does not worry Dr. Fifield at all. He believes that new activities bring new people, and new people bring new money. Besides, he has a genius for attracting donations and legacies. There is a story that at a meeting of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce two members were standing in front of a hotel when they saw a panhandler approaching from one direction, Dr. Fifield from the other. They pointed out Dr. Fifield to the panhandler, saying that the parson had plenty of money. The panhandler closed with the parson. When the panhandler left, Dr. Fifield revealed...
...thinks she can manage her husband's (Ray Milland) career while ignoring the family budget. On his salary as a small-town bank vice president the pair live in a manner to which only Hollywood is accustomed. He cuts up at fancy-dress balls. She has a genius for speaking out of turn. The story strives so hard to be funny that the actors rarely have a chance...