Word: rawness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Training was not the only problem for Eisenhower and his staff. A big army of raw soldiers who had not yet learned all about discipline, who were spoiling for a fight, who were homesick, young and frequently rowdy, posed a problem in itself...
...vice chairman, Banker Ferdinand M. Eberstadt, had swept into WPB like a high-pressure area into a vacuum. Energetic Ferd Eberstadt wanted results, right away. He drew up a new raw-materials allocation plan (see p. 90). He demanded that WPB's civilian-supply men quit stalling on their long-delayed program for nonwar requirements. WPB's lethargic old high command worked too slowly to suit him. There were bruised feelings and ragged tempers...
...United Nations had been using up molybdenum "faster than it could be replenished." The joint U.S.-British raw-materials board recently notified Russia, Australia, Canada, et al. that their quarterly allocations must be cut. When Dome gets into production in January at least part of this cut can be restored...
Slow But Sure. But, though CMP is the new order of the day, it will take over the field gradually. First end-product to get the CMP treatment will be aircraft, first raw materials will be steel, copper and aluminum. Purp will still be used for "shelf good's" (like nuts and bolts and nails) where it has proved to be a simple and efficient means of scheduling...
...raw seasoned tippler...