Word: statemently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sherman, he renewed his charges against the "Army General Staff," which he said was "a small, powerful military group" using "the Prussian method" of hoodwinking their superiors, Congress and the people. Since under regulations no officer has a right to demand such a court-martial, Captain Crommelin's statement got no further than one day's headlines. "The case is closed," said Admiral Sherman, and that was that...
...exchange for these concessions the Germans would have to promise to: 1) take their assigned seats on the Ruhr Authority set up by the Western powers last April, and thereby formally accept international control of the Ruhr's industrial output; 2) make some public statement indicating acceptance of continuing military security inspection by the Western powers; 3) cooperate in reforming the hidebound German civil service and decartelizing German industry...
TIME'S statement that John Dewey's progressive education has led to an emphasis on creative thinking in our public schools is suffering from too great a desire to make his birthday happy. His ideas have led to the very opposite. The present American high-school student is an intellectual dolt who thinks that knowledge is gained through memorizing facts...
...came; the surprise was not that it came, but how it came. An assistant telephoned top Interior officials: "The Secretary has asked me to tell you he has resigned." Before Harry Truman got Krug's personal letter of resignation, he had already read Krug's 13-word statement to reporters: "I am leaving. I have been wanting to leave for a long time...
...That statement in Crommelin's personnel file made it almost certain that he would not be promoted to rear admiral (he was the second ranking airman in line) by the selection board which meets this week. It also greatly diminished his chances of ever attaining flag rank...