Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ostensibly, the P.A.C.'s activities are "educational." This involves a realistic judgment that if union men can be persuaded to register, they will probably vote "right." But just to make sure, the "educational" literature is direct. Sample: "Most people are worried about what is going to happen to them and to their jobs after war. They remember Mr. Hoover and 1929. Tell them what they must do this year to avoid another Hoover and another...
Field Marshal Blaskowitz' appointment was regarded as a special triumph for Rundstedt. After an outstanding military performance in the Polish campaign, Blaskowitz led an Army group during the Battle of France. But he later quarreled with Hitler's judgment (reportedly over Gestapo excesses which were complicating...
...from 16 to 50 must be at once formed into labor units and sent as far as possible from the zone. ... If there is passive resistance . . . form reprisal camps for recalcitrants. In case of violence, military law. ... If operations are actually in course in the area: immediate execution without judgment...
...trains. It was busy every hour of the day at what Joe Cannon called its "strangling operation." General Cannon had given his airman's word that all heavy communications from the north had been cut days before the battle began, and that they would stay cut. If his judgment was correct, the men on the ground could plow forward with hope at their grim job: making the Germans spend ammunition and men until their supplies ran out, then moving in on them...
...eyes is as various as their color. A man may be unable to judge the speed of distant motion, yet be a good inspector of small parts. Most eyes have an aptitude for some special type of vision -distant or near, wide or narrow angled; or for the judgment of space, shape or motion; or for rapid change of focus. Industry stands to profit by selecting eyes for special jobs, adjust jobs to the eyes available...