Word: staying
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Concerning "Small Minds, Big Job" [July 22]: Don't blame the draft for Army "eight balls." The draft is the only source of intelligence the Army has. Most Army regulars will quickly admit that they stay in 'the Army because they couldn't make a living on the outside. The Air Force took the only administrative talent in the military and got out while the going was good. The army is just an eight-ball outfit...
...some 270,000 Americans in Britain alone this year will provide enough hard curency to pay for most of the dollar-short United Kingdom's purchases of U.S. tobacco and wheat. But to many a Briton, forced by a still constricted travel allowance ($280 in foreign currency) to stay at home while others wandered, the warm economic comfort of tourism was somewhat chilled by recognition of the fact that his tight little island was terribly overcrowded...
Johnston repudiates Guthrie's theory that the author, once finished with his script, should stay away from rehearsal in order to let the director add something better to the script and have his own way about making changes. Johnston advises authors to attend rehearsals because as all theatre productions are a compromise, the author should contribute his part...
Except in combat, oil-burning warships generally steam slowly, to conserve fuel. Nuclear ships can cruise around the earth at top speed, and reach their home ports with their nuclear bunkers still undrained. This is an enormous tactical advantage. A nuclear task force can stay at sea for months, always maintaining a speed that makes it a difficult target...
...Navy has authorized one nuclear missile cruiser (the U.S.S. Long Beach). A nuclear carrier is in the works, and five more are contemplated. Nuclear destroyers will be difficult because their reactors will have to be lighter than any known today, but their ultimate success is considered sure. They will stay at sea indefinitely, while conventional types must be refueled every week...