Word: bulks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...goal was "unconditional surrender" of the Axis nations. The President remarked that their meeting had been unprecedented in history; the Prime Minister added that it surpassed anything in his World War I experience. The President had some good morale-building words for American troops abroad: "I have seen the bulk of several divisions. I have eaten lunch in the field, and it was a darn good lunch, too. . . . Our soldiers are eager to carry on the fight and I want you to tell the folks back home that I am proud of them...
...essentially a literary magazine, but realized than the Advocate had the edge on it in that field, and the editors therefore tried to give it news value as well. There was one column of news headed "Brovities," and important events received editorial comment. But the main bulk of the magazine was made up of stories, essays and articles of all kinds, ranging from education in France, to "soulful effusions on Persian poetry...
...long as World War II is fought, the few professionals among U.S. Army officers are likely to marvel at the administrative proficiency and combat leadership of a far larger class: the emergency officers* who are the bulk of Army command. Last week the Army, now rising above 5,000,000 men, told where its officers came from...
...also been "debulked" (compressed) for the removal of air. The advantages in transportation are enormous-inspiring to Lend-Leasers, Army rationers and those who foresee that, after the war, the U.S. will feed great areas of the world. Compression adds another 30-90% to the great savings in bulk already attained by dehydration (many foods naturally average nine-tenths water). Equally important, the Cellophane-wrapped, dry-pressed foods are less likely to spoil, more amenable to the art of cookery than simply dehydrated foods-tablet mashed potatoes, properly cooked, compare better with the fresh-peeled article than with the pasty...
...cells during the squeeze.") He reports reductions in volume (over and above dehydration reductions) of 90% for sauerkraut, 80% for cabbage, 75% for potatoes, 65% for onions, beets and carrots, 50% for egg powder, prepared desserts, dehydrated soups. Beef for stews in one-inch chunks squeezes down 70%, hamburger bulk is reduced 55%. Puffed rice, voluminous as a pound of feathers, can be compressed 86%. Puffed rice, combined with powdered skim milk and sugar in a lozenge, can, with the addition of warm water, swell into a mess cup full of ready-to-eat breakfast food...