Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...middle-of-the-roader, Lecomte de Noüy, who was a brilliant scientist, adduced scientific proof that human life cannot have begun spontaneously, that there must be a Supreme Being. Since this evidence points to His being our Maker, why not attribute to Him capability for a loftier point of view than any of those possessed by man? Is it possible that He created him to love, and that the knowledge intelligent men of science have amassed is intended to be only a tool to that...
Lucrative Target. There was one other point that even Navy airmen found hard to dispute. No matter how successful the supercarrier was, one torpedo spread or a single bomb attack might put it out of action, and the United States would be the fattest target an enemy could wish...
After talking it over with the President and consulting the joint chiefs of staff, Secretary Johnson bought the Air Force point of view. His order would not wipe out the Navy's air arm or even reduce it. Its World War II carriers (21 all told, excluding light and escort carriers) would be on hand as a prime defense against submarines, and as floating fighter, dive-bomber and torpedo-plane bases. The Navy accepted the decision glumly and tersely. One flying admiral said: "On the record, no comment; off the record, no comment...
...speed painting job donated by 96 A.F.L. painters. Scaffolding was rigged to give each man just 16 square feet of space to cover. A big timing clock was set up. Bob Hoelzle and his bride-to-be, a pretty telephone operator named Frances Noll, were stationed at a vantage point in the front yard. Then the mayor started the proceedings by firing a pistol...
Every comely stenographer on the Navy's Quonset Point Air Station near Providence had been acting a little skittish lately. The reason was the big, annual all-station ball for the base's 3,900 sailors and civilian personnel. This year, the big feature was the election of "Miss Quonset Point." The triumphant queen was to be crowned at the ball; the commandant would escort her in the grand march. Everyone who bought a ticket got a vote, and sales were brisk...