Word: strengthed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Popular Cause. Some of this information, spread before Congress last week, was new; some was old. But lumped together it made a haunting specter. There was no question of the puniness of present U.S. strength (outside of the Bomb) alongside the picture of Russian power...
Congress listened and immediately began a new debate over the size and shape of the military establishment. The debate centered on Secretary Forrestal's plan for a 55-group Air Force to be kept in "balance" with Army and Navy strength. Air Secretary W. Stuart Symington, exploiting a popular cause, renewed his plea for a 70-group force, and although he knew full well the desperate manpower needs of the ground forces, upped the Air Force demand for men from...
Unfortunately, Coach Maddux' squad will not be at full strength. Ace midfielder Dave Abbot will not make the trip, nor will second-stringer Will Davis. "Algy" Allen is slated to move up to first mid-field in place of Abbot, and Bill Kegg will handle Davis' former chores...
...team an "odd" one, for three fifths of his infield has moved up intact from Roxbury Latin, and he had been using three erstwhile pitchers in the outfield. In fact, a total of four pitchers are cavorting elsewhere than the mound. "They're fast, and we need the batting strength," claims Berg. Third baseman Vinnie Morton, shortstop Hal Marshall, and second sacker Harry Cavanaugh played in the same infield at Roxbury Latin last year. Ed Smith, Berg's towering six-six first baseman and Freshman basketball captain, appears to have found his batting eye already and makes a good target...
...Wisconsin primary results failed to daunt Toshiyo Oda. "Although many think Makkasu Gensui [Field Marshal MacArthur] made a poor showing in Wisconsin, I think differently," Oda said. "Returns showed the Gensui has sokojikara [depth and strength]. Here is a saint and philosopher who has not been home in years, nor campaigned for himself - and yet he comes in second to Stassen. ... I view the Wisconsin primaries as an indica tion that the Supreme Commander has more than a good chance of becoming President...