Word: lag
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Formally, the work is divided into two parts, a historical examination of the collapse of nineteenth century ideals and a set of suggested lines of policy. Basically, according to this volume, the ills of the day are attributable to a lag between the belief in progress, characteristic of the last century, and a slowing down in the actual advances of the world. This divergence of ideals and realities has led to four marked crises; crises of democracy, of self-determination, of economic affairs, and of ethics. The author does not draft a new faith to close...
...President, like the people, is in trouble. His desk is piled high with unsolved problems. There is the threat of inflation, the lag in production, the lack of unity in his Army & Navy-to say nothing of far-flung problems of democratic unity throughout the world...
Even more disturbing in Florida were reports that confusion and mismanagement still hampered anti-submarine operations, in two instances causing a one-hour lag between the moment a U-boat was spotted and the time bombers or ships were dispatched to the scene. Meanwhile, there was no letup in the stream of haggard survivors into eastern ports, each with his tale...
Retractable deck guns, eliminating the previous lag between surfacing and unlimbering conning-tower weapons, enable submarines to open fire almost at the split second of surfacing near their prey...
...lag was discernible six months ago. Now it could no longer be ignored. Lines of planes sat squattily outside factory doors, their engines snugged into tarpaulins, waiting for pilots to fly them away. Grey-crowned oldtimers in the flying business were being hired for ferry work. Commercial airline pilots were hustled into the Army's transoceanic service...