Word: scaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seem to think us fellows of the 716th [716th Railway Operation Battalion] were the only ones that did anything. That ain't right. All along the line [the railway leading from Cherbourg to Paris] there were any amount of men doing the same thing, maybe on a higher scale...
...Downs. Ruml is sure that public works as a method of stabilizing the ups & downs of business might as well be abandoned. His reason: public works on the vast scale required would be impracticable. Instead, he would use public works as a means of stabilizing the construction industry. His hope: if this seasonal, up & down industry representing 8% of the national product could do a steady volume business, it would give stability to the whole economy...
Your article, "Merit System for Teachers" (TIME, Dec. 11), describing a nine-point rating scale for teachers, which was developed at the University of Washington, presents an interesting problem when applied to some of the world's great teachers. I am surprised to discover that when measured by this scale, Pestalozzi, Vittorino, Confucius, Socrates, and Christ rate shockingly low. They do not seem to measure up in research or in activities...
...Breaks. On Tuesday, Dec. 19, the Germans rolled up from the east and collided with the American tanks, which had gone out to meet them at neighboring villages. A shuddering, small-scale battle developed and the Americans lost many a tank. But the Germans halted momentarily. Then the main weight of the enemy veered around the milling fight, probed at other entrances to Bastogne. Wherever the Germans poked there were Americans. The Germans kept on wheeling around the town, by the next day had it surrounded, a little island fortress in a swirling sea of gunfire. Headquarters, hoping...
...Bastogne. They had never let the enemy seriously penetrate their outposts. They had punished him severely. The ground forces alone had destroyed 148 tanks and the German dead were counted in thousands. Bastogne's defenders had made possible a tactical success that might be turned into a large-scale victory...