Word: fasters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Worse Plight. Reasons for the erratic performance of the Army's demobilization machine were manifold. Spurred by public and Congress, disturbed by the outcries of G.I.s, the Army had demobilized faster than it had wanted to. Neither Selective Service nor enlistments had supplied men fast enough to fill the holes...
...important results of wartime research were announced last week: ¶ SN 7618 is an antimalaria drug described by OSRD as "five or six times better" than atabrine. It relieves acute attacks faster and may be taken weekly, instead of daily. Unlike atabrine, it does not stain the skin or cause nausea. It costs no more to produce...
...final German U-boat built during World War II never sank an Allied ship, but it made every other submersible in the world's navies obsolescent. It was the first true submarine: it went faster under water (25 knots) than on the surface (10 knots). It was able to overhaul any but the fastest surface ships and was capable of days-long submersion. Fortunately, this triumph of naval design came too late. When the war ended the only pilot model was on her trial...
American's order put Convair almost abreast of Baltimore's Glenn L. Martin Co., which so far has orders for 105 of its Model 202s. Convair turned the trick by offering its faster plane (300 miles an hour v. 270 for Martin's 202) to American for $180,000 each...
...industry did not do it, then it might find the state trying to do it. Because it had been ready to pick up the reconversion ball, industry had shaken off the bulk of the wartime controls far faster than optimists had expected. Now it could shake off the rest by doing the job, or have more controls slapped on because it had failed. There was no reason why it should fail...