Word: makeshift
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...Draftee Waite, a war-plant guard, reckoned without the men he worked with. At quitting time they bustled out to Waite's lot at the edge of town, hammered away through the twilight, strung up a makeshift electric light, kept hammering long after dark...
...With the best of intentions, TIME erred twice: 1) in overcrediting Ned Collins, 2) in too readily believing accredited military sources, who told TIME they had checked the boy, and had found he had dreamed it all up. The facts are: Neddie, aged 12, did discover a makeshift tent and radio equipment, which he reported to the Coast Guard. Enthusiastic friends added the Nazi, the communication with submarines and general fancy work. To Ned Collins, TIME gives all due credit for an act worthy of any young citizen...
Gulick's recommendations will probably be carried out within the next two weeks. Nelson, who always figured that his first job was to get industry converted in a hurry-with whatever makeshift machine he could put together-was ready to do some more tinkering to get his machine in high speed...
...makeshift plan was based on an estimated 401,000,000 gallons thought to be available until July 1-a supply sufficient to give everyone the basic "A" ration of three gallons per week until then, if too many did not ask for more. Too many apparently did. The meek, mild Milquetoasts who took the basic "A" cards totaled only 20% in some areas, less than 25% in the 17 States as a whole. (Leon Henderson had figured on 337%.) Some favorite chiseling dodges...
...could a 63-year-old slither down a makeshift rope from a cliff-walled Nazi fortress? How could a politically important prisoner escape from such a feudal bastion, guarded every hour by men alert to his potential value? Why would such an escaped prisoner walk into the arms of stooges working in handcuff harmony with his erstwhile captors...