Word: basic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...this dangerous postponement the Administration was not responsible. The basic responsibility rested on the people, who did not want to give up the convenience of their cars...
...Other basic faults in organization-well-known to many & many a Briton-hamper the British Army. One of the gravest is in Britain's armored divisions, whose auxiliary units of infantry and artillery are merely "attached" to the main forces and may be detached at any time. In the German and U.S. Armies, armored divisions are firmly welded units, with tanks, artillery, infantry and even aviation permanently under the same command. The British Army's tenacious hold upon its ancient & honorable distinctions goes deep into British character; but it is no help at beating the Germans...
Pursuit Grey. For years fashion dictators switched colors for fashion-enslaved U.S. women at least twice a year. Now WPB has frozen stocks of ten basic vat dyes necessary for Army and Navy uniforms. Gone will be the frozen colors, all the brilliant shades, clear white. Black is also unfeatured on the ground that it is depressingly unpatriotic for all but widows...
...These basic facts were known when the Nazi High Command sat down to plan the German campaign of 1942. They are axioms which must have been burned into the military brain of Hitler's No. 1 strategist, Generaloberst Franz Haider, Chief of the German Army's General Staff...
...General Staff, anonymous servants of German arms, men who let higher-ranking field commanders take the glory while they take the basic responsibility, faced a well-defined problem...