Word: method
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...booby-traps. On the retreat from Yorktown he had planted several of these in the way of the Federals and thereby had delayed somewhat the pursuit. He was gratified, but some of his superiors were convinced that these 'land torpedoes' were not 'a proper or effective method of war.' Rains consequently was forbidden to use more of them. He protested vigorously that his device was permissible, and he asked, in effect, how its use differed from the employment of outranging naval guns. Missiles from such ordnance, he told D. H. Hill, had been 'bursting with...
Perkins expects the orders to begin arriving on Monday in large batches. His office will then sort and distribute them to individual reservists. This method will remedy the problem anticipated yesterday, when it seemed that men would have to stay in Cambridge to get orders or else ask House janitors to forward them...
...basic English (850 words) to teach to foreigners who want to learn to speak American. But Americans, who are not good linguists, have been offered no such simple introduction to other people's tongues. Let's Learn Spanish is designed to teach a basic Spanish. Its pedagogical method is a succession of conversational exchanges between an unmistakable American, Joe Bishop, and a Spanish-speaking friend, Pepe Obispo...
...Government's plan will not only serve to please restless conchies. It is good economics as well: the old method of trekking across mountainous terrain to quench a blaze costs the Forest Service an average of $3,500 per fire; parachutists have been doing the job faster at $247 per fire...
...order to settle current discussions over the method of organizing nominating committees, George A. Saxton '44 was named chairman of an investigating committee which will submit a report at the Council's next meeting...