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MacArthur & Morale. During World War II, the Air Corps flew to world glory, but Tommy White, increasingly and reluctantly tabbed as a plans-and-organization type, missed out on most of the cheers. For 21 months in 1942-44 he served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, then Chief of Staff of the Stateside Third Air Force that "staged the flights of U.S. aircraft across the North and South Atlantic to Europe. ("If we don't hit Ascension, my wife gets a pension.") In September 1944 he was assigned as deputy commander of MacArthur's Thirteenth ("Jungle...
...secondary problem, in the day of interservice rivalry, was to bring it back alive to prove that the Army had overcome a good portion, at least, of the re-entry problems.* To solve the homecoming problem, the Army disclosed last week, the nose cone displayed practically every type of electronic legerdemain except playing The Star-Spangled Banner...
Mysticism: 1) The doctrine or belief that direct knowledge of God, of spiritual truth, etc., is attainable . . . in a way differing from ordinary sense perception or the use of logical reasoning. 2) Any type of theory asserting the possibility of attaining knowledge or power through faith or spiritual insight. 3) Hence, vague speculation...
...fear of Yalta-type conferences, however, still remains to be disposed of. Only an extremely tractful approach to the European nations can allay their fears of being sold down the river. Secretary Dulles' for midable unpopularity may prove a hindrance to such tactics, but hopefully, need not be an insurmountable obstacle...
Main objection among the surgeons to this type of operation is that the Ivalon does not stay spongy, but shrinks 20% and becomes as hard as a baseball. Dr. Edgerton admitted this defect (he is careful to warn his patients of it in advance), but felt that the operation was still justified because "it is important to do something for the patient emotionally." About 30 of the 500 surgeons at the San Francisco meeting said they perform this operation; some have abandoned it because they got poor results, had to remove the polyvinyl in a second operation...