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That was one piece of news for the 200 reporters who last week went to Wright Field to view the Army Air Forces' latest advances toward the Buck Rogers age of flying. Other news was scarce; "security" is still a military watchword...
...estimates of first-year sales run as high as $2 billion for the industry). The rest will go to globe-girdling International G.E. salesmen who hope to get the jump on competitors for the South American and South African trade. For the next year, at least, speed is the watchword...
What we want and need is 1) a sense of direction, 2) enthusiasm for our future, 3) promise of a society where the watchword will be "work and livelihood for willing hands." This as opposed to 1) confusion as to our aims, 2) fear of the future, 3) promise of unemployment benefits and old-age security...
...also by his own words in the last letter he wrote to his wife. "The Marines," said Captain Little, "have a way of making you afraid-not of dying, but of not doing your job." It seems to me that this man said something that might well become a watchword for the Corps...
...communications officers will play an important role in this activity, Commander Paradise told the graduates, and while he assured them they had every right to leave the school with confidence in their ability, they must stress security as their watchword...