Word: prise
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...handicapped not only by the same kind of machine in Whitehall as existed in the last war, but with an even greater force apparently with constitutional power. . . . Until the staff system is thoroughly overhauled, we shall always be too late in everything we undertake. . . . Secret and swift decision, sur prise and speedy action are essentials of success in the present war. This has been brilliantly illustrated in our campaigns in Africa, but you will not get it while you are dependent for decision and action on the cumbrous machinery of Whitehall. . . . One reason suggested for my dismissal was that...