Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Department's chief charge* are the General Staff, composed of the Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief and five Assistant Chiefs, professional soldiers all. After that victorious fiasco, the War with Spain, wise Elihu Root perceived that running even a standing army of 25,000 was a task too intricate for the civilian chief of the War Department, of which he was then Secretary. Under his direction the Army's command was radically reorganized in 1903, the General Staff system adapted from the British, French and Germans...
...characteristic story is told of him that, when he returned to Paris after having finished his Augean task in Hungary, he signed his name in the hotel register simply "J. Smith," as was his usual practice; and though internationally famous, to his delight he escaped being found by reporters and officials for almost a week...
...described a Sunday School which she regards as ideal and indeed unique. Its virtues include: "a physical plant equal to the needs of its student body; financial means for providing all desirable equipment ; a staff of trained teachers under the direction of experts; time enough to fulfill its task in a dignified, adequate manner; a twelve-year course of study; . . . the almost unanimous co-operation of parents; . . . a pastor of great comprehension (himself a doctor of philosophy and a trained educationalist) who makes the Sunday School his deepest interest...
...waitresses soon convinced onlookers that something far more important was in the wind. Evidently a crisis was at hand. The waitresses were seen to gesticulate, stare blankly into space, and undergo all the agonizing symptoms human beings display when they are attempting to exercise mental powers. The task was in vain, however. The lasses were not up to the situation. The menus had been stolen and the poor girls could not memorize the order list. A typewriter was employed and Freshmen were forced to order dinner from plebeian carbon copies...
...business efficiency drops far below the expectations of his father-in-law. It finally becomes a question of the horse or submission to the rigors of the business. Rogers makes his break and puts everything into grooming the horse for the approaching derby. His financial plight makes this task seem an impossible one but he is aided by his young sister-in-law (Myrna Loy) and finally succeeds in getting Broadway Bill to the post. The ensuing race is easily the most exciting horse race we have ever seen on the screen, and Broadway Bill comes through only to collapse...