Word: promptness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...statement giving his full support to the nationalists. Said he: "I share entirely the joy of the Moroccan people at the announcement of His Majesty Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef's return to France. I make my own the wish of the Moroccan people, which is that of the prompt restoration of Ben Youssef and his return to the throne. Only his return can bring unity and calm to the spirits and to the hearts of the Moroccans...
...which we adhere, I cite the principle that military force should not be used aggressively to achieve national goals. Recently, we were gravely provoked by the Chinese Communists, who retained and imprisoned 15 of our flyers in violation of the Korean armistice agreement. We had the power to take prompt and overwhelming reprisals. We did not do so, but relied upon the United Nations to bring moral pressures into play. Now all 15 are free and home. We hope that the Chinese Communists will accept for themselves this 'renunciation of force' principle. Until now, they have largely lived...
...selection became a problem. Stapp wanted no exhibitionists or thrill seekers. He was fanatically careful. No runs were permitted on Mondays or Fridays-a man with a weekend on his mind might not be completely reliable. Small sins, such as forgetting to wear a mouthpiece, drew mild but prompt punishment. Always, when a volunteer was being strapped in the sled, Colonel Stapp was on hand to make small talk, to mention something he wanted done later that day-"Routine talk to help make the man feel that everything was routine...
...dead sergeant's body. At this point another figure appeared on the scene: Sergeant Emmett-Dunne's half-brother Ronald, onetime private at Duisburg. Quaking with fear, brother Ronald turned up at police headquarters with a tale of hanky-panky in the darkness that led to the prompt arrest of Sergeant Emmett-Dunne...
...Navy concluded that most of the external damage came from the dust on the islanders' skins and in their hair. More clothing, better shelter and prompt decontamination would have reduced it. None of the Marshallese died. Fatal internal damage was prevented by removing them from their contaminated island-just in time. Probably 50 more roentgens would have killed at least some of them...