Word: maze
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...futilely for months against the tangle of red tape which menaced my own department, I eventually evolved a definite philosophy on the subject, which, reduced to five rules and slightly expurgated, are here offered as both guide and warning to those who hope ever to overcome that perplexing maze of confusing anomalies known as the Army system...
...copies sold to date), Willie Ryan's book is no primer. It is for the checkerists, new and veteran, who have pored over Dama literature dating back beyond Spain's Torquemada (1547). For the checkerist who can spot a three-for-two shot, Ryan's maze of checker lore is shimmering with clear-cut tactics based on the operations of the best generals in the game...
...Japanese haa begun to cash in on four to six months' gradual preparations along their 6,000-mile defensive arc. For some time they had been building airstrips, until now there were 65 between Timor and Munda. For some time they had been moving troops to a maze of forward garrisons, until there were seven to ten divisions in line. Some of these were good troops: one division had fought several months in China against the Communist Chu Teh, another had fought through Burma, another through Malaya. For some time a pool of perhaps 250-300 aircraft had been...
...enough they go back up into the air over a seven foot wall, clambering over it in a manner similar to the way Tarzan swings from tree to tree, with the aid of ropes. The most interesting part of the Obstacle Course is known as the Wire Maze. This is a substitute for the famous tire series that is used in football to develop agility and coordination of mind and muscle. The men who survive that obstacle have a treat in store for them...
...maze of changing draft rules, moves for industrial conscription, bills to defer and furlough farm workers, only one decision was clear-by the end of 1943 the U.S. would have an armed force of 11,000,000 men. Franklin Roosevelt told newsmen they could bank on that...