Word: ideally
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nobody, with the exception of enemy agents, expects you or any other U.S. publication to tell "freely and frankly all the things" in connection with the prosecution of the war by the U.S. Freedom of the press is a great ideal indeed, and there is still quite a lot of that freedom in this country. But even a child, an American child, can understand that to preserve this and the other freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights the public must not be told "all the things" which only the Government and the military chiefs should know...
Before the week's end the withdrawal had been skillfully completed. The Army of the Philippines was holed up in an area almost devoid of roads, tough for armored-force operations, ideal for making the Jap pay for what he might eventually get. He made his first payment as this week began. Douglas MacArthur announced the Jap had lost at least 700 killed in a single, thwarted attack on the U.S. lines...
...because 1) in real life most computations involve numbers under 100, 2) pupils can spend their time more profitably checking simpler computations, learning how to trace and correct their errors, 3) they need to learn the principle of "approximation": i.e., that perfect accuracy in any measurement is an unattainable ideal. Heaviest charge modern teachers lay against traditional math teaching is that its artificial exercises fail to teach pupils how to solve practical problems...
...ideal soldier fulfills his duty to the utmost, obeys without even thinking, thinks only when ordered to do so, and has as his only desire to die the honorable death of a soldier killed in action...
Jubilant over his appointment, Worcester revealed that this will be his first trip to Michigan, although he has been farther west in the past. The Michigan woods, he believed would prove ideal locale for his favorite past-time, hunting and fishing...