Word: tweening
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...with a minimum of departmental confusion, the Brit ish have been hindered by all kinds of wasted motion, brought on by lack of unity among top-ranking admirals, generals and R.A.F. commanders. At Crete and during the first battle of Libya, there was singularly little coordination of command be tween air, army and naval forces. More recently, in the Far East, the British lack of unified command was demonstrated when the Prince of Wales and the Repulse, cruising without air cover, were sunk with terrifying dispatch...
...strictures were chiefly aimed to make the outlets more independent of the networks. Chains were forbidden to use more than one outlet in any area, or control more than one group of networks. The latter meant that NBC must choose be tween its Red and Blue networks, probably sell or disband Blue...
...Second Phase. In Blitzkrieg, columns which meet resistance turn aside, seeking weakness. More or less stopped at Kachanik Pass, some Germans turned southward to join others who were al ready assaulting the junction of Albania, Yugoslavia and Greece. Here they looked for an opportunity to drive a wedge be tween the main Greek force in Albania and the main British force, established in a circling line from Mount Olympus to Fiorina and Lake Ochrida...
Last week a majority of that committee, headed by onetime Braintruster Dean Gooderham Acheson, newly appointed Assistant Secretary of State, made its report -1,000 exhaustive pages. Over-all conclusion: more informal cooperation be tween businessmen and the regulatory agencies will do most to improve matters. Recommendations...
...clipping the wings of the German Condor airline. First snip came in June when he refused a petition of the Rio-São Paulo branch to keep two of its Nazi pilots on the payroll. Last month he cut a little closer, canceled a contract for service be tween Belem (formerly Pará), at the mouth of the Amazon, and the French Guiana frontier. Three weeks ago he brought out his shears again, ousted all foreign pilots, whether naturalized or not, from Brazilian airlines...