Word: development
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...possessed a formidable army of its own almost from the very early years of its founding. This unique feature has been the most important source of its strength, which Stalin, the masterful strategist of world Communism, has been able to nurture, support, and in the course of 25 years develop into a most powerful instrumentality for subjugating China and thereby dominating the whole Asiatic continent...
...Lake Success will do little to improve its bargaining position and have already caused considerable damage. President Truman's offhand comment on the atomic bomb put our European allies in a terrible fright, while MacArthur's communiques have compromised Western unity. It will take us a while yet to develop our "big stick"; the least we can do in the meantime is to walk more softly...
Alumni gifts will enable the school to develop a "practical" research center, double its present scholarship program, and decrease slightly the size of the student body. Other goals of the fund drive are maintenance of the Teaching Fellow program and reduction of the $300,000 deficit remaining on the construction of new dormitories...
...country boy tackled his CBS job in a manner that made Kesten's eyes pop. Working 70 to 80 hours a week, Stanton rapidly became research director, then advertising director and found time to develop, with Vienna's Dr. Paul Lazarsfeld, an electrical gimmick called the Program Analyzer which automatically measured radio listenership...
...Total Warfare. "The cardinal sin of a football official," says Swaffield, "is to be out of position." At the Army-Navy game, his position will be directly behind the offensive team, where he can watch the play develop and follow it downfield, "on top of it" all the way. Each of the other three officials has his standard starting spot: the umpire behind the defensive line, the head linesman sighting along the line of scrimmage for offside violations, the field judge back of the defensive secondary to watch for kicks, forward-pass plays and downfield interference...