Word: subs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Willie Calhoun soon amounted to a midshipman at Annapolis. In World War I, he amounted to sub base commander at Coco Solo, Canal Zone. Despite the fact that the destroyer Young under his command followed six others on to the rocks of Point Honda in 1923, a court-martial commended Calhoun for his "coolness, intelligence and seamanlike ability after the vessel stranded, which . . . was responsible for the greatly reduced loss of life." Calhoun's career moved upward through battleship and base force cofnmands...
...wants to break up. But before E.B. & S. can do so, it must collect $27,925,000 due from its affiliate Electric Power & Light (which has nine subsidiaries); and E.P. & L. must collect the money from its subsidiary United Gas (which has seven subsidiaries). And before either of these sub-holding companies can pay up-combined cash on June 30: $10,314,000-they must acquire cash by selling some of their subsidiaries to somebody. This particular x-dimensionAl dream whirls so fast that even top-notch utility experts are dizzy...
...group was elected by a sub-committee of the Council, composed of Henry Noyes '44, Hugh M. Hyde '44, and John M. Blum...
Blood itself cannot be kept for a long time and it must be of the same type as that of the man who receives it. Since there are four major types and 72 sub-types, the problems in using the blood are too great to be solved on the battle-field, according to Dr. Walter...
...decades the tough, subtle, sub-sinister landscape of the South has been a notable breeding and hunting ground for new writers. The hunting is still good. Neither Robert Richards, with a first novel, nor Brainard Cheney, with his second, is as imposing as Thomas Wolfe or William Faulkner. But both are exciting...