Word: prior
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Business School has been able to alter its curriculum for war purposes largely because of an extensive research project carried on for many months prior to the outbreak of war and costing many thousands of dollars. Some idea of the School's aims and programs for the duration can be gained from the following excerpts from a talk given by Dean Donham to the first war-time class, which entered in January...
...laurels were somewhat ill-begotten, however, for he was coached throughout the whole process by his brother, Caleb Brokaw '43, who apparently had prior knowledge concerning the ritual of signing up. Brokaw Major even went to the extent of taking pen-in-hand himself so as to insure that no time would be lost...
...Japanese were unhappy about Britain's prior lease on the strategically rich Diégo-Suarez naval base (TIME, May 18). They showed their anger by a surprise submarine attack in which they claimed last week to have damaged a British battleship and a light cruiser. The British Admiralty admitted the attack, but said there had been no casualties. Meanwhile, British forces groping southward a few miles from Diégo-Suarez found that the Vichyfrench had not yet given up. Neither had the Japanese. Probably sneaking ashore from Jap submarines, the two late officers undoubtedly had important plans...
...naval builders could report that it was taking them only about three times as long to construct destroyers as it took Henry Kaiser's West Coast yards to slap together Liberty ships. One yard will build 21 destroyers this year-equivalent, says the Navy, to 105 Liberty ships. Prior to 1940, building time for a DD was 27-28 months. In 1942: eight months. Other samples of the speedup...
They will enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve and be placed on inactive status until the completion of their education. Should the need of the service require, college students may be called to active duty prior to graduation, but in such case they will be given six months advance notice and the requirement of a college degree for entrance to the Candidate Class will be waived...