Word: staffs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when Geography threatened to become a strong department, in fact, it was eliminated. An associate professorship was proposed for Assistant Professor Edward A. Ackerman. When the Corporation turned down his appointment, thus halting the trend toward a strong department, the Division of Earth Sciences eliminated Geography for its inadequate staff...
With the air of a man whose patience has run out, Defense Secretary Forrestal packed off to Key West last week, taking the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff* with him. "I hope to get them to come to an accommodation of views," he said. "If they don't, I shall have to make my own decisions...
...first and most important task of the economic staff would be to frame concrete proposals for the stabilization of the currencies of Western Europe; for the development of trade; for the execution of the European Recovery Plan; for a comprehensive production plan, including agriculture and the heavy industries; and for colonial development. The necessary staffs should act under the direction, and by the authority, of the Council of Western Europe; and should be in continuous session...
...afford to run PM unless he could erase its losses (up to $15,000 a week) in the first few months of operation. "I'll be editor & publisher," explained McKinnon, "but Field will still have a minority interest, which I'll have an option to buy. The staff is so overloaded it's pathetic. The whole thing lacks coordination and spark. I will strive to present the news as it is, not as we wish it were. PM will continue to be a liberal paper, but will not be a left-wing paper...
With his technical staff, he had visited the headwaters of every Argentine river, studied every public-works project, met every provincial governor. He had learned what labor costs, how the bureaucracy works, where industry might expand. Now, in a private capacity, he meant to go back, bid for the big-money jobs and cash in on U.S. know...