Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Staff Maxwell Taylor had reneged on an agreement to make him head of the U.S. Continental Army Command (with a fourth star for his shoulder). Furthermore, said Gavin, the Army had tried to transfer him to command of the U.S. Seventh Army in Europe (the same three stars), a step that was aimed at halting his ringing insistence that the Army's role was being whittled down...
...must be the exact equivalent of the sum spent this year. The rigid application of this formula would do more harm than good . . . This is not a matter of popularity . . . This is a matter of good judgment ... I particularly regret that you should think it necessary to take this step when the difference between you and the rest of the Cabinet is such a narrow...
Captain Larry Sears will fill the varsity's number one position. The rest of the top five are Charlie Hamm, Gerry Emmet, Henry Cortesi, and Pete Lund. Sixth man Charlie Poletti is sidelined with an ear infection and Ed Wadsworth will step up to fill the spot. The remaining three players are Fred Vinton, John Davis, and Wally Stimpson...
...paper stated that "an international agreement to stop the testing of nuclear bombs now could serve as a first step toward a more general disarmament." Pauling expressed the belief that it would be impossible to produce a "clean" nuclear bomb, with a minimum of radioactive fallout...
Pass: Well, you know there's something called starting friction; now on this ice here, when you put the car in low gear and step on your pedal, you've got too much oomph under you to catch...