Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...staff duty, and by the time the U.S. entered World War II he was assistant chief of staff for Air Intelligence, with a growing service reputation as the headiest young staff officer in the Air Corps. From then on, his rise into the military stratosphere was at missile speed. Tapped by the Air Corps' General "Hap" Arnold ("I need somebody to help me do my thinking"), Norstad became a peripatetic planner. Starting off as air operations officer for General Jimmy Doolittle's Twelfth Air Force in Britain and North Africa, he soon moved up to the same...
...resignation damaged the work of the commission, but a new appointee of similar stature can still pick up the pieces. It is unfortunate that the situation ever had to arise, but presented with a fait accompli, the Administration must act, and act with speed...
With A Novel Affair, two long shorts are played off against one another--one displaying the considerable versatility of the British air industry, and the other, Pablo Casals. Impressive as the needle-nosed bursts of speed are, Casals is part of a better world...
...Weiland's master plan, Dave Vietze moves back to defense along with Dan Ullyot. The first line will remain as it is with Captain Bob Cleary at center, and Paul Kelley and Lyle Guttu at the wings. What Weiland is looking for here is more speed along with the added scoring "punch" and the second line with Owen, McVey, and Gillie should provide both. What Gillie lacks in size, he more than makes up for in hustle and quick reflexes around the cage. His alert play against B.U. was one of the few bright spots for the Crimson in what...
...Shocking." To each of these witnesses the subcommittee pressed a single serious question: Is a missile czar necessary to speed the U.S. missile program? All but Vannevar Bush thought that one was. But when the Senators turned to testimony from Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy, they were informed politely but firmly that the missile programs had a top man: Neil McElroy. Missileman William M. Holaday, explained the Defense Secretary, is missile "director," and "I consider that I am easily accessible to him when he needs the power that I happen to possess.'' As for President Eisenhower...