Word: savely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from his burnoose to make his guests feel at home. Called Abu Huneik (Father of the Little Jaw) because of a bullet wound incurred on the Western front in World War I, he molded his loyal tribesmen into a hard-disciplined force of 20,000 men that helped to save Iraq from a pro-Nazi revolt in World War II and alone among Arab armies stood up to the Israelis in the Palestinian...
...first he defended his acts. "This has been going on since the earliest recorded history, among both savage and civilized peoples, and it will always go on," he said. "I developed a great respect for the women I served. Many are unwed, of good family, and frantic to save their reputations and those of others they hold dear. If they can't be cared for under favorable circumstances, they will seek operations [from unlicensed practitioners] at great danger to their health...
...were held up from four to ten months because McDonnell lacked funds for computers and wind tunnels, had to wait in line to use the Government's. Said McDonnell's Executive Vice Pres ident Robert H. Charles: "If we had more money for development facilities, we could save millions...
Many planemakers think a fixed price plus incentive bonus for producing cheaply works best, feel that they can both save the U.S. money and make more themselves. Yet only .9% of all contracts are bonus incentives; most are straight fixed price or cost plus fixed fee, depending on what the Pentagon prefers at the moment. Says Douglas' Senior Vice President Frederic W. Conant: "When we're building at a loss, the Pentagon wants to buy at a fixed price. When we're making a profit, the Pentagon wants to buy on a renegotiation basis...
...role in economics, called Wilson a true Jeffersonian Democrat, who adjusted Jeffersonian practices to Jeffersonian ideals in a changed society. He saw that a democracy could not exist in the sphere of uncontrolled capitalism, and swung the Democratic Party away from States Rights in a successful effort to save the system, Hansen added...