Word: bread
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...terrible decision had to be made-who should eat? From limited food stocks, soldiers and defense workers were fed enough to keep them going. The rest of the city's 3,000,000 men, women & children were given only 125 grams of bread a day -about a slice and a half. From starvation, cold, disease and German bombs more than 1,000,000 died. The rest fought...
...white hoods have been sent into Russia. Furs have been collected from all Europe, and German furriers have been given special concessions so they can supply the army. All portable stoves in shops and factories have been ordered to Russia. Preparations are afoot to send 40 million pounds of bread weekly, ten million pounds of meat, 30 million pounds of potatoes to keep German soldiers well...
There are still only two meals daily. They are generous meals, however, and a typical menu includes steak, beans, bread and butter with jam, canned peaches and coffee. The men supplement regular meals with coconuts and occasional local tangerines. There are no natives around to climb trees and get them coconuts, but high winds have solved this problem by breaking off tops of trees and bringing down a bonanza of nuts...
...night offices in the Abbey's austere white chapel. He assisted at Matins, Lauds, Prime Terce, High Mass, Nones, Vespers, Complin. Among white-habited monks he worked on the farm, helping to cut and shock corn. He watched the monks weave cloth, bake bread, bind manuscripts, work at sculpture and wood carving. He shared their single daily vegetarian meal...
...Brookdale one can buy 1? and 5? meals (soup, bread, beans, vegetable, dessert, coffee). A pastel booklet explains: "This service is not a charity but a business transaction which Clinton's regards as its special privilege." It is a business transaction, because Clinton has made money...