Word: basically
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Underlying Cromwell's blunder is a basic fault in the administration of our diplomatic service. American ambassadors receive salaries far too small for the expenses which they are bound to incur as official representatives of the United States Government. The result quite naturally is that very few men can afford to accept the responsibility of diplomatic service and we must expect incompetence...
This realistic approach means the acceptance of the fact that law and economics remain the basic training for Government administration. It means that the Littauer School sees its main work in finishing and broadening the education of lawyers and economists...
...Glenn Martin reported that the U. S. has developed the basic design for a 250,000 Ib. plane that would fly 380 m.p.h., carry 64,000 Ibs. of bombs 3,000 miles with a crew...
...this one-tens of thousands of British women, mostly below 40, enlisted to serve with the British Expeditionary Force. Besides driving cars, ATS duties include clerking, signaling, courier service, running canteens. Like the VADS, the gallant ATS come in for a lot of British ragging. Because their daily basic meat ration is 8 oz. (compared to about 3 oz. for civilians), the Daily Express calls them EATS. Because they are invited en masse to Army dances and sociables, their love life is an inexhaustible subject for wisecracks...
Professor Pease further explained that considerable adjustment was necessary between the two fields to insure a reasonable number of courses, and at the same time to provide basic instruction in both fields. "The result of this," he said, "is that in most cases the requirements are fairly flexible...