Word: intendent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...officers on active duty in all the services, only 89,000 are regulars (only 17% of the Air Force's commissioned personnel are career men), and most of the rest intend to become civilians again at the first opportunity...
Communist Territories: From all outward signs, the Kremlin's men intend to encourage some form of controlled nationalism in the satellites (a process not to be confused with Titoism, which was an uncontrollable revolt). Within Russia the Kremlin has reduced the work week from 48 to 46 hours, released thousands of political prisoners from internment, raised pensions for the aged and disabled, and sought to modify some of the strains of the Stalin era. Since this is good business for the Communist leaders, who hope to get more productivity out of the beneficiaries, the West has found such gestures...
...British estimated that the action would reduce the Russians' total uniformed manpower by as much as one-third. The Russians themselves said it meant the disbandment of 63 divisions and brigades, including some 30,000 men stationed in East Germany. They said they also intend to mothball 375 naval vessels, deactivate three air divisions, cut armaments and military budgets. "Other governments," said the Russian statement, "insofar as they are sincerely willing to contribute to the strengthening of peace, cannot but follow suit...
...record fall this year. The book's polls are almost useless. Only three of them add up to 100% of those polled. One amounts to 121%, one to 97%, two to 96%; one each to 95%, 94%, 93%, 92%, and 91%. In response to "How many children do you intend to have?", for example 23% of 1956 is represented as answering "one or two"; 56%, "Three or four"; 13%, "more than four"; and 3%, "none...
...students who expect to return to the College next September must file a card signed by their tutor or freshman adviser indicating the four courses they intend to take next semester. The choice of courses may be altered next fall...