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...thinks the battleship is passé simply has not studied the progress of naval war in the last two years. The battleship is vulnerable to air attack and must be protected by aircraft. . . . I'm not a diehard who thinks that any warship can be built to withstand air attack, but I am a die-hard who thinks that the final showdown will be ships of the line against ships of the line, aircraft being equal." The burden of the Navy's new 150,000 tons will put a terrific strain on the present shipbuilding program...
Michael Karpovich, associate professor of History, declared yesterday that he believed that the Soviet forces could withstand the German attack indefinitely, provided they continue to make any necessary retreats in an orderly, well-organized fashion...
...Tuskegee as an answer to the charge that Negroes are admitted only to the infantry. But the military branch of a democracy deserves no credit for ignoring the recommendation of physiologists that American Negroes will make the finest tank drivers in the world because of their ability to withstand jolting and heat. There has also been an over-zealous segregation of white and black which adds nothing to the efficiency and detracts much from the morale of the armed forces. The Civil Service, too, needs an overhauling. A few strategically placed bigots have kept Negroes out of almost all civil...
Then the disease usually attacks the heart muscles, lining, coat, or valves, often deforming them permanently, cutting down the power of the heart to withstand the strain of daily life...
Sumner Welles is naturally fitted to his work, tailored to it as accurately as his clothes are tailored to him. First and most important, he is tough-minded, with the quality of mental resilience that can absorb pressures and withstand shocks, a sort of intellectual defense-in-depth. He has a firm hold on every one of the diplomatic virtues: he is absolutely precise, imperturbable, accurate, honest, sophisticated, thorough, cultured, traveled, financially established. He has been through the mill; the only surprises left for Sumner Welles are those of destiny...