Word: max
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...nothing to cloak the commanding air of a professional soldier. Though he is doing his best to fit in with the freewheeling White House staffers-as non-military a group as any college faculty-the first time one of the resident eggheads greeted Taylor with an airy "Good morning, Max," the glint of steel flashed in the general's eye. But Taylor managed to restrain his celebrated talent for chewing out an offender and smiled a casual hello...
...stand by for a minute"; QTH for "where do you live?" Curiously enough, this kind of talk can bring romance. Typical is the case of Florence Majerus of Lewistown, Mont., who set up the first QSO (direct communication) between a YL (young lady) friend. Jean Bustard, and Max Stout, a radio officer in the merchant marine. Transmission was FB (fine business), and each was soon signing off with 88 (love and kisses). Eventually he proposed, and Jean became his XYL (wife). Now they have His and Hers telegraph keys...
Exactly how handsome Max Taylor, a onetime Army Chief of Staff and a longtime military rebel, would serve John F. Kennedy was the subject of nervous conversation all over the Pentagon. No one thought for a moment that Taylor would be a yes man, or that he would serve President Kennedy simply as a briefing officer. Suspicious of Kennedy's motives and Taylor's plans, the armed forces have called a truce in their internecine feuds about budgets and missions; they have closed ranks for a possible cold war with the White House. Cracked one Pentagon civilian: "They...
...pledged himself to inform the Joint Chiefs about any advice he gives his boss. Whenever possible, Taylor has said, he will consult with the Joint Chiefs before he sees the President. But Pentagon brass is still convinced that in a pinch. President Kennedy will rely on the advice of Max Taylor rather than on the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
...Max Taylor is more than willing to fight for his views. When President Eisenhower refused to accept them, Taylor retired from the Army and turned public critic of the Eisenhower defense policy. In his new job he will have plenty of chance to air his ideas. The Administration denies that Taylor will undermine the authority of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but Taylor himself has little use for the J.C.S. Wrote he: "The Joint Chiefs of Staff system has proved ineffective and needs a fundamental overhaul . . . If war comes, the committee system for the conduct of modern operations would break...