Word: uniformities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mollify this crowd the U.S. Embassy sent grey-haired Commander Herbert Agar, U.S.N.R., looking like the young Dante in a Navy uniform. Herbert Agar, onetime editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, for the past two and a half years a special assistant to U.S. Ambassador Winant, has long been an eloquent interpreter of the U.S. to Britain...
...Washington acted. Retiring War Secretary Stimson and Navy Secretary Forrestal wrote a joint letter to President Truman, recalling that President Woodrow Wilson had personally chosen "the World War" as World War I's official name. To Harry Truman they recommended "as a matter of simplicity and to insure uniform terminology" the term "World War II." The phrase had been used, they said, "in at least seven public laws [and] has been accepted by common usage." Last week their letter, stamped "Approved" by President Truman, duly appeared in the official Federal Register, henceforth will set usage on all Government documents...
...Hunted. The correspondents were led to his hideout, a modest suburban house with a flagstone entryway. In the dimness of a tiny front room sat the hunted old man. There was no mistaking Admiral Suzuki, although he wore a commonplace green uniform with no medals or brass buttons. He was a tall, impressive figure, grey-haired, with a short-clipped mustache and a winning smile. His greeting was cordial, but he looked about him carefully when they entered...
Like other G.I.s, famed Soldier Cartoonist Bill Mauldin has found the transition to civilian life hard. So have his once begrimed subjects, Willie and Joe. In uniform, their moods and deeds had authority because thousands shared them. In civvies, they were on their...
...biggest blast came from the five million men in uniform. Most of them had voted Labor, all of them expected to go home as fast as possible after V-J day. The headlines made their pulses race: "Millions of Orders Pour Into Britain," "Britain Enters Great Enterprise of Peace." There would be good jobs and good...