Word: technicians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...himself. But to the Army they were no symbols of confidence. And so as a new Chief of the Army General Staff, the Führer chose a different sort of man. He was neither an all-out Nazi nor an old-line Prussian officer, but an adroit military technician, with links to both camps. He was Colonel General Heinz Guderian (rhymes with agrarian), the Wehrmacht's No. 1 tank general, the kind of officer (Hitler hoped) who would not break, no matter how sure was defeat, how dismal the amateur attempts of the Party high command to stave...
...would base his international organization on regional as well as national representation, and he would have certain designated regions do their own policing. In all of this blueprint organizational work, readers may wonder where the ultimate power of coercion is to rest. Mr. Welles is above all a diplomatic technician; nevertheless, he admits that no international organization can survive unless it is supported by the opinion of free men & women throughout the world-which tosses the ball back to the moralists and the philosophers...
Almost forgotten in the flurry of speculation was the appointment of the new Fleet Commander: puffy-faced, 59-year-old Soemu Toyoda, a skilled naval technician, who had thus far sat this war out in and near Tokyo, cannily managed to be known as a bitter-end jingo...
Announcement of the Navy V-6 Radio Technician Program, a new ten months' course in advanced electronics was made by the War Service Information Office last night. Those qualifying for the program will be assigned to the Navy Radio School in Chicago as Seamen. First Class, and will be given a course on the theory and operation of submarine detection and radio finder apparatus, communication equipment, and other electronic devices...
...qualify for the program a physical examination and a test based on a sound knowledge of mathematics, electricity, radio, and shop practice must be passed. Upon successful completion of the course, men are graduated with the rating of Radio Technician, Second Class...