Word: bulks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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According to the official Russian summary, the bulk of the 312,650 Axis troops killed and captured, the 36 divisions "routed" in the southern offensive, were Rumanian and Italian. At some points of the Russians' first advances, satellite troops outnumbered the Germans 5-to-2. This probably explained the bag of 137,650 prisoners-the first such claims ever made by the Red Army. Cracking the 20 all-German divisions at Stalingrad will be a tougher task...
...purchase. Annually, in the past it has been the spring, wholesalers are asked to send samples to the University. These samples are then tested for compliance with government regulations and for compliance with their advertised quality. A common subterfuge is to water the contents of the can to increase bulk. Records are kept of the tests, and the comparisons in quality and price of the different brands; a standard may thus be established which may be consulted from year to year. Orders that are delivered are re-checked against the quality contracted...
...offers," said Martin in his customary Missouri drawl, "complete protection with a minimum of weight and bulk...
Disorder in Bulk. In Chicago. Gus Stevens' wife had him charged with disorderly conduct for coming home with a 520-lb. friend and trying to get in through the window. The friend: a bear...
Though not all infected cows give infected milk and only about 6% of British farms ship milk Containing tubercle bacilli, all British bulk milk is suspect, because of much indiscriminate mixing. Dangerous milk occurs even in London (something so unheard of in any large U.S. city that recent Public Health Service reports on milk ordinance enforcement do not mention tuberculosis...