Word: commanding
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...half-strength combat-ready Marine divisions, one on the East Coast, one on the West; the 2nd Army Division, widely deployed over the U.S. and wholly unready; and five divisions on occupation duty (four in Japan and one in Germany) which could not be counted as available. One armored "command" (the equivalent of a regiment) is ready. The U.S.'s other troops are 27 National Guard divisions, but the best that could be hoped of them is that most could be made ready by a year from the outbreak...
...Operation Swarmer the Air Force has assembled virtually all the troop-carrier and cargo planes that would be available if the U.S. were attacked this week. Nevertheless, the Air Force's able, 43-year-old Lieut. General Lauris ("Larry") Norstad, in command, has had to tailor his plans to his restricted fleet of aircraft, dropping one regiment at a time on the North Carolina countryside...
...taken the Army and Air Force nearly four months to set up Swarmer. The U.S. has no war headquarters to direct such mock warfare, much less run a real war. Norstad had to borrow his headquarters supply command from the New York Port of Embarkation...
Professor Roman Jakobson, who came from Columbia this year, is one of the world's leading philgists, and has command of most languages spoken between the Elbe and the Yangtze. His wife, Dr. Svatava Pirkova-Jakobson, teaches Czech...
...Chemistry's greatest drawback is its huge lab schedule. An average of three afternoons a week for three years must be spent doing largely uninteresting labwork. Dividends, however, are paid on this effort. The Chem concentrator upon graduation can not only go on to further study, but can also command a good starting salary as a research specialist...