Word: projective
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...TIME [July 23] you refer to the Pan American Highway as a "reckless" project which was "abandoned.". . . In truth, the Army turned the work over to the Public Roads Administration in the fall of 1943, and that agency is continuing where the Army left the project. It is hoped that the highway will be opened for travel in 1947 on a tourist basis...
...student will be required to read from a list prepared by the department of his major. In the summer following his junior year the student can at the discretion of his department, read in his major field towards his departmental examination, or work on his senior essay or project...
...Manhattan Project." In the War Department, the super-secret program was "Manhattan Project." It had top priority on materiél and Army specialists. But few, if any, of the 65,000 who at one time worked on materials, handled blueprints, and expedited the job, ever knew what "Manhattan Project" was. Not until this week did they know the end results of their labors. The cost was tremendous, but it was worth it. Said Harry Truman: "We have spent $2 billion on the greatest scientific gamble in history...
With the opening of these centers, the Army will complete the last and most ambitious phase of its vast post-V-E education project. Hundreds of unit command schools have sprung up everywhere. Army-sponsored courses at civilian schools have also made a hit. When the program reaches its peak, more than 1,500,000 troops will be enrolled...
Conant, were enlisted in it. Hidden under the official designation "Manhattan Project," the vast forbidden areas in Tennessee, Washington and New Mexico got top priorities not only on matériel but on scientific brains and effort...