Word: used
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sanders Theatre, its possibilities as an amphitheatre hopelessly stified by fire regulations, poses the problem of what to use for an auditorium. In solution of this dilemma the Committee has proposed a theatre seating 1,500 and suitable for plays, forums, and movies as the center of the building...
...unable to produce an integrated strategy for World War III beyond an agreement "in principle." All hands agree on the primary role of air power. But Air Force and Navy brass continued to fight over their separate notions of how the available aircraft should be divvied up, who should use what kind of planes...
...involving Canada would be a world war and a total war. In such a war we must be prepared to make the best use of our natural resources for our national defense; and defense services involve much more than training in the use of arms...
Pratt has made good use of captured Japanese documents. The Marines' War is, to a lesser extent, also the Japanese defenders' war. If ever Japan's military schools re-open for business, their instructors will find here a succinct catalogue of Japanese army and navy mistakes. Says Pratt: "One is struck by the fact that the Japanese leaders, naval and military', were always waiting for somebody else to do something. ... In actual contacts, of course, much of the Japanese failure can be traced to the mystical belief that a man with Bushido and a knife...
...organizations ranging from the YWCA to a Drum and Bugle Corps. They also possess a Retummoe Club (Retummoe is "commuter" spelled backwards) for social gatherings. In the Retummoe Room, the girls may smoke, "if done with discretion." However, Regulation G warns that "Sargent College is definitely opposed to the use of alcoholic beverages." A girl who drinks on the sly may easily be expelled. In the months of June and September, students adjourn to the college camp in Peterborough, New Hampshire, or soccer, hockey, lacrosse, speedball, and other outdoor activities...