Word: manifolds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There's no need to recite the manifold glories of the News Board. Skeptics not withstanding, the reporter's life is remarkably close to its movie representation. It's exciting, and makes Harvard just about twice as vital and interesting as otherwise. You know the workings of the College, know the deans, understand official moves, and are in on FDR's Africa trips before the rest of the world...
...boards are open to all Freshmen, and the Ed and Busy Boards for Sophomores. The advantages are manifold and obvious, and have been proclaimed over and over. While you're in mufti grab all you can out of college; 14 Plympton Street tonight...
...Japs were just bombing Billy Calhoun into his biggest job. That job is one of the most manifold, complicated and far-extended jobs in the Navy. For Calhoun, as Commander of the Pacific Fleet Service Force, provides everything needed to keep the Navy running everywhere in the Pacific. As he puts it: "We handle everything under the shining sun for the Navy and Marines which is not actually connected with fighting the ships...
...charcoal, but more cheaply with a charge of equal parts of sawdust and chopped or "hogged" wood. A carefully controlled draft prevents complete combustion of the wood while generating carbon monoxide, the fuel actually used by the motor. The combustible gas is blown or sucked into the engine manifold. Cleaners are provided to remove tar, water, dust...
Starting from the premise that "we shall lose the war unless we clear out of our minds several fundamental illusions which are minimizing our effort," James Reston's "Prelude to Victory" strikes at the manifold weaknesses of the American public's participation in the war. Essentially a study of morale, the book is seldom guilty of the looseness implied by its subject, for Reston attacks sloppy thinking only where he can prove it clearly responsible for specific failures in the war effort...