Word: skill
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...appendectomy or tonsillectomy or any other "ectomy," he is a man who knows not only how to operate but upon whom an operation should be done and, more important, upon whom an operation should not be done. Surgeons are "great" because they have sound judgment rather than mere mechanical skill...
...spring, the radius of the dry area will be practically nation-wide. Congressional support should be comfortably abundant since Congress can well use a palliative for anxious mothers. The timing, the phrasing, and the scope of this amendment shows that its proponents have lost none of their parliamentary skill and knack for careful planning...
That Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift and his Marines had been able to hold on to their islands after such a bad start was a tribute to their tenacity and fighting skill. Whether they could continue to hold on depended on: 1) the amount of U.S. reinforcements that could be brought up; 2) the price the Jap was willing to pay. Three times within ten days, the Navy admitted, the Jap had been able to land reinforcements on his side of bloody Guadalcanal, in spite of heavy losses. An all-out battle for the Solomons looked closer & closer...
Winston Churchill needed all his skill at parliamentary parrying of touchy subjects. Cocky Tom Driberg, Independent M.P., had risen in the House of Commons and asked the Prime Minister to "make friendly representations to the American military authorities asking them to instruct their men that the color bar is not a custom of this country." The Prime Minister thought the suggestion "unfortunate," hoped "'that without any action on my part the points of view of all concerned will be mutually understood and respected...
Stanch, dignified old War Secretary Henry Stimson had only scorn for enthusiasts of dirty commando tactics. At Randolph Field, Tex. last week he warned cadets: "You must go into battle to fight with the skill and courage of the Axis, but not with their cruelty and brutality. When you go into battle you will be equipped with the finest material an enlightened government can provide. But in addition to this, you must be brave, and as representatives of a free republic you will have an indefinable something that your enemies don't have and never will possess...