Word: standardized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seems to us, is where the Army of the United States has set foot on a difficult and dangerous road. What in effect is the army saying to men who may be captured in the future? Is it not forcing them to consider two impossible choices: one of a standard of conduct impossibly noble under the terrible circumstances of capture, or the other of death in battle rather than the risk of failing to measure up to such a standard? Such a choice as this is not only hard on morale. It is an immoral...
...bulk of the 142 Deputies elected were standard Arab politicians-old-line, conservative and opportunist, many of them also hostile to the West, and to the U.S. in particular for its past support of Israel. Against them, Bakdash and the Socialists could not hope to win much in Parliament, but that they had done so well was a shock and a danger sign to the West. "The Syrian results," understated one U.S. diplomat, "were definitely detrimental to our interests." Among those who were delighted were the long-unsettled Arab refugees from Palestine. "They're not in love with Communism...
...they got better than they gave. Outgunned and outshot, they shut up, for the while. Their 10,000 shells had killed some 100 persons, but had made absurdly few hits on installations of importance. It was not that Communist artillery was so bad; it was virtually blind. Contrary to standard procedure, up to Sept. 29 the Reds sent not a single plane over Quemoy to observe and control their artillery fire...
TUBELESS TIRES will be standard equipment on most 1955 autos (including all five Chrysler lines). Goodyear tire production is now 50% tubeless, Firestone 60%, Goodrich 75%, and U.S. Rubber expects to be 50% tubeless by Jan. 1. Chief advantages of tubeless tires: they wear longer, have fewer flats, make steering easier...
...George Macdonald Parker, 54, was elected president of Esso Export Corp., international sales arm of Standard Oil Co. (N.J.). A graduate engineer (University of Wisconsin, '23), Parker took a succession of jobs for gas producers, in 1943 began trotting the globe for Standard of N.J. In 1950 he went to London as an Esso Export vice president. He came back last year, bringing with him a 40-ft. Dutch sloop that he sails on Long Island Sound with his three sons...