Word: overhaul
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...circulation. The result of hoarding, inflation, illegal withdrawing of "frozen" Axis funds and the sinking recently of an American vessel loaded with new currency made up in the U.S., these conditions had already forced an eight-day bank holiday (TIME, Oct. 12). The time was ripe for a complete overhaul. The Government grabbed the opportunity...
...heavily weighted with housekeeping affairs. New airdromes must be built to make room for the U.S. Air Forces. General Spaatz's command had to be accented strongly on the side of ground-bound outfits: Engineers, Air Forces supply men, Air Base groups. These outfits will operate airdromes, build overhaul depots to put planes back in running order when major crackups or plain wear & tear put them out of the fight...
...light and buoyage signals. He able to handle either power or sail boats and know how to make landings through surf. Understand the compass and how to lay out a course. Be able to make all necessary knots and splices with either rope or wire. Be able to overhaul and handle anchor chain and know the regulations for such overhaul and for mooring ships. Be able to steer a ship and to know the effects of rudder and currents on steering. Understand salvage operations and the basic principles of damage control...
...undergraduates who wish to audit. But since students are allowed to enroll in only two courses, they should be allowed, as usual, to broaden their education beyond the sixteen courses required for a degree. The system used under the old plan for former Summer School groups needs an overhaul and tune-up to keep pace with the new accelerated program...
...testimony and analysis, the cartel menace with which Arnold now salts his case was barely mentioned. But the patent system's dangerous "corrosion" of competition at home was made very real indeed. TNEC Chairman Joe O'Mahoney already has an other bill in the hopper to overhaul the U.S. patent laws. Chief proposed changes: 1) a much-mooted provision now almost standard in foreign patent laws, that the owner of a patent must license all comers who offer a reasonable royalty; 2) compulsory supervision by the Justice Department of all international patent agreements. Some other reforms suggested...