Word: occured
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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These are: (A) The study of epidemics and communicable disease by a group of mobile investigators, under conditions as they occur in the field. (B) The operation of a mobile laboratory for the investigation of problems which arise from field studies and the observation of patients in the hospital. (C) The operation of a hospital for the care of patients with communicable diease. This last important activity is being carried out by the American Red Cross...
...work of the Unit will have three objectives: First, it will permit the acquisition of knowledge and experience in problems of communicable disease as they occur under conditions of modern war. Such information and such experienced men may be very valuable to this country later...
...Stettinius harshly denounced Northrop for reporting "shortages which do not exist," declared that the company had already resumed a full working schedule. Mr. Stettinius was less explicit when he said: "[There are] no serious shortages in aluminum . . . now required for national defense. Certain temporary delays in delivery will doubtless occur. ..." That ALCOA could supply defense demands without curtailing its ordinary commercial business, Mr. Stettinius noticeably failed to promise. Guns already had priority over butter knives...
Only one person was killed, little serious damage done. Severe quakes of the kind that ravaged Rumania last autumn are caused by gradually built up stresses and sudden slips along faults (fractures) in subterranean rock. They typically occur in geologically "young" regions where mountain building or volcanic activity are common. The rocks of the northeastern U. S. are old, have long since settled down to geological sleep. No major stresses and slips can occur...
...Italy's collapse had still to occur. Though the battle in Egypt was a major victory for Britain, her first in the war, even well-informed Londoners guessed it was not decisive. It was equally hard to see how the Greek invasion of Albania could be decisive. The best the Greeks could do would be to get all of Albania, and last week's lull suggested that this was pretty much to hope...