Word: know-how
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...comprise 40% of the earth's land surface. Almost all of them should contain oil. With only 15% of the world's potential oil-yielding rock, the U.S. has 54% of the world's proved reserves. The only reason for this, says Geologist Pratt, is U.S. know-how. If & when Asia, Africa, South America acquire the same nose for oil, they will far outproduce...
...this summer. The royal pair roamed through Washington and Manhattan, wound up in a super-swanky suite at the Waldorf. Up came smart, progressive General Foods Chairman Colby Mitchell Chester. They talked. When Foodman Chester left he beamed with the Duke's graciousness, was amazed at his business know-how. On a Monday morning three days later the Duke & Duchess limousined to General Foods' Park Avenue office, looked over the company's sparkling test kitchens, chatted with flabbergasted cooks and dietitians, made a deal with Mr. Chester...
...white man in the Far East. Beyond that Nehru dreams and believes that an India, freed from "the perfect peace of the grave and the absolute safety of a cage," can take her place in a world order or world federation, welcoming the white man's science and know-how, friendly to Soviet Russia, a partner with the Anglo-American federation in bringing peace and order to the world...
...citizen army remained its greenness. That could be mended only under fire. But war had brought valuable fruits to men in training: horne in on them at last was the realization that a soldier could die in battle, but he could live and win too if he had the know...
...this triumphant comeback P.G. can thank his amazing aviation know-how, his endless vitality, his ability to inspire trust -to say nothing of the fact that none of the airmail charges was ever proved. P.G. started in aviation in 1917, when he landed a job in the old Boeing factory. Zest, bright ideas and an all-round knowledge of machines made him president in 1926. To get a bigger market for his airplanes, Johnson set up United Aircraft & Transport in 1928, soon whipped it into the biggest U.S. aviation combine. Then came the infamous airmail investigation which cost...