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...actual conflict with an enemy, distinguish himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty." Since under these conditions a Medal-of-Honor soldier generally has to act single-handed and without orders, the War Department makes a painstaking search of all available evidence before it picks its top-notch heroes. This process starts when a field officer first recommends a brave subordinate for a Medal of Honor. The case slowly passes up through the various Army divisions to the War Department's Decorations Board. From there the recommendation...
...doubt," replied the Michigan Senator quietly, "if any of us can search our hearts this year and find political considerations excluded...
...shop that wasn't closed for the night. Before long the occupant of the rumble seat dozed off into a profound and peaceful slumber, such a one as only the froths of many beers can induce. A little later his two companions, bored to no end with this fruitless search around the Hub's winding thoroughfares, turned up a dark, forsaken alley and came to a stop. What to do next? A sudden revelation--they left a note in the sleeping one's lap, hopped out of the car, and disappeared into the night...
...firm and show our people what the higher learning is." Faculty members more interested in research than in teaching, he said, should be shunted off to special "research institutes," set free to explore "fundamental problems in metaphysics, social science, and natural science." President Hutchins also thought that universities in search of "clear and distinct ideas" might do well to revive the medieval schoolmen's trivium of rhetoric, grammar and logic, teach the young "the two most important elements of man as man, language and reason...
...heart sounds, a pericardial rub and typical electrocardiographic changes (q, t and rs-t deviations) serve as evidence of an attack of thrombosis. When in doubt the patient should be treated as if he had suffered a coronary artery occlusion. He should be put to bed and a search patiently made for the signs just described...