Word: revamped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Killer. The Germans put Darnand in power. Late last December, old Marshal Pétain first resisted, then gave in to a Nazi demand that he revamp his government, throw out many of his closest advisers, replace them with stronger men who would not be squeamish about suppressing underground resistance. One of the new appointees was Joseph Darnand, a former carpenter who received full power over French police, gendarmerie, secret service, militia, and the private armies of ultra-collaborationists like Marcel Déat and Jacques Doriot. Also, in the event of Puppet Pierre Laval's absence (which...
...barges to reach final assembly. First, Phil Johnson tackled Boeing's sales problem-to get the money to fix its production mess. He haunted the Allied Purchasing Commission's Washington office, wangled enough orders and cash in advance from the French to revamp Plant No. 2. As the war crescendoed, the U.S. Army poured funds in; the white-elephant plant became a huge, fully integrated, $15,000,000 Flying Fortress factory, half Government-owned. By that time Phil Johnson's problem was not getting orders but filling them: his $387,000,000 1942 sales were more than...
Further approval of the Northern Primate's action came from the Anglican Church's third-ranking prelate, the Bishop of London. Dr. Geoffrey Francis Fisher let it be known that he, too, had begun negotiations with the commissioners to halve his own salary ($40,000), revamp ancient 44-room Fulham Palace, keep a few rooms for himself, turn the rest into a diocesan hostel...
...purpose of the Committee's investigation is not to revamp the College curricula, but to determine whether changes are advisable in view of the present emergency...
...University's recent decision to enlarge and revamp its War Service Information Bureau comes as a welcome forward step. It is vital that this office receive the attention and facilities that its importance demands, and this reorganization shows a needed and clearer conception of that importance. In helping the student to find what specialized openings and possible commissions he is eligible for, the service of the Bureau to the individual is obvious. At the same time it can be a valuable contribution to the present cry for an efficient utilization of manpower. By sifting and pigeon-holing the chaos...