Word: start
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...group compromise, then gave it as his opinion that anything less than the modernized, 70-group force would be "gambling with security." The Russians, he declared, have more and better jets than the U.S., a total air force many times 70 groups. Said Symington: "If you don't start building the Air Force now, you won't get it until the Russians have the atomic bomb . . . Time is rapidly running...
...committee's bill did not commit Congress to carry out the full four-year, 70-group program. It was simply spending the extra $822 million now to give the Air Force a flying start toward full modernization, to breathe fresh life into the emaciated aircraft industry and keep it healthy in case of need. If the international situation eased, the program could always be cut back. Congress preferred to be on the safe side...
Cried Sigler: "As it stands now, the only constitutional amendment I have to submit to the people is one to raise your salaries ... I am going to do the only thing that is left for me to do and that is to appeal to the people." He would start immediately, he warned, collecting petitions to place his reorganization program on the ballot next November...
Whether or not the Engineers can wield a bat as well as they manipulate a slide rule remains to be seen, but on the strength of their output to date, Harper's charges must be rated favorites. After a shaky start, the Jayvees have found the range at the plate; pitching has been superb; and fielding has been more than adequate...
...With the start of the 1946-47 season, Noel Lee '46 was chosen president, and a new policy was instituted of playing contemporary and rarely performed older music in the belief that the Club could do a real service in presenting works which could not be heard elsewhere...