Word: blanding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Oppressed Redskins. For more than an hour, Russia's bland, hulking Delegate Yakov A. Malik tried to keep the inquiry off the agenda. The case of the "Traitor Mindszenty," he argued, was of concern to Hungary only; the U.S. attempt to bring it before the Assembly was merely a move by the "ruling circles [of America] to boss other people around in their own homes." Moreover, cried Malik, the U.S. was trying to cover up its own sins of oppression, the trials of "political [Communist] leaders," the lynching of Negroes and the "pitiful plight" of the American Indians...
...neither Eisenhower's scope nor Patton's dash and saltiness. Readers who want the smell and smoke of battle will not get it here. But El Alamein should appeal to chess players. Every move of every battle is explained with the logic, the patience and the bland assurance of an instructor demonstrating a foolproof system. Writes Monty: "I have always planned on the assumption of success...
...furtive speculation as to just how much the Treasury would stand in the way of claims for reimbursement. The Government, which got enough milk from enough mice to make a very large cheese, pretended not to notice hidden flaws in the citizen's moral fiber. It maintained a bland and jolly attitude about the whole thing and publicly assumed that every man was rushing to the mailbox with a scrupulously honest accounting of his financial status. But from behind this smiling front, it watched the populace beadily; the Internal Revenue Bureau already has 45,000 people at work...
Vitamins & Smoke. Diet may be "an important predisposing cause" of cancer of the mouth, said the University of Southern California's Dr. Ian MacDonald. A lack of proteins and vitamins of the B-complex family (e.g., the sort of bland diet used to treat stomach ulcers) may be the trouble. Diets rich in proteins and B-complex may help prevent it. Smoking? Possibly a minor cause of cancer of the mouth, said Dr. MacDonald...
...Dominican radio station Voz Dominicana has always had a big Haitian audience for its 8 o'clock Spanish music broadcast. One night last week, the station changed the program without notice. Instead of Spanish rhythms, startled Haitians heard a bland, firm voice calling for the overthrow of "that bloodthirsty, dishonest, cowardly assassin," Haitian President Dumarsais Estim...