Word: preparedness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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¶ The "scientific knowledge and the technical procedure," but not the industrial capacity, to build the atomic bomb. (This testimony came from Defense Secretary James V. Forrestal, who said he was quoting Dr. Vannevar Bush, chairman of the Research and Development Board. When Russia would have the capacity, Forrestal was...
The thorny economic issues (TIME, April 12) had been put aside for a special conference to be called later this year. But debate was as long-winded as ever. By eleven to ten, delegates finally chose "Organization of American States" as their hemispheric system's new name. This week...
Thus the delegates will be steeped in statistics and policies about not only NSA and the Council past and future, but also concerning other organizations such as the International Union of Students and the World Student Service Fund before they are even out of the toddling stage. Then before, during...
For more than an hour and a half he spoke in his high-pitched Chekiang accent. He used no prepared text, for he needed none. In all the world no man knew better than Chiang that China's portion was present pain and future hope. He spoke first of...
Mora, the moody, humorless son of a carpenter, has fought all his life. He had to struggle to get his lawyer's education. Since 1932, he has fought in Congress for a Communist program. Now, in the civil war, he has his chance to put it over. To do...