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Confidence and prosperity are the chicken-&-egg of economics. Does confidence turn the wheels, or do turning wheels churn up confidence? A.D. 1940 settled the second half of this dilemma: they don't necessarily. There never was a year in which Business had less confidence, or in which industry moved faster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1940, The First Year of War Economy | 12/30/1940 | See Source »

...good merely to snip out the ulcer and patch up the stomach or intestine. For the incorrigible stomach keeps on brewing its corrosive acid. Most authorities hold that the best procedure is to cut out "three-fourths to four-fifths of the stomach." Since the stomach is primarily a churn and a reservoir for big meals, it is possible to get along without it. Of course, said Dr. Abell, mortality rates for removal of most or all of the stomach are about 10%, but even so, the operation is worth trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Speaking of Ulcers | 11/25/1940 | See Source »

...help that one man. They are your friends. You've seen them a million times--in joy, in pain; as stars, and as goats. Now stop all this talking with yourself, old boy--it's here. . . . He catches the ball. Then--go, go, go--and his legs begin to churn over the greensward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 10/22/1938 | See Source »

House nations will churn the waters of the pool tomorrow afternoon with two triangular and one dual meet on the calendar. In the feature event, Eliot will meet the Deacons at 4:30 o'clock to settle the Intramural pool championship. In the other meets, Lowell, Dudley, and Adams will tangle in a three-cornered encounter, and Leverett will tackle Dunster and Winthrop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Swimmers Tangle Tomorrow | 2/24/1938 | See Source »

Despite years of use the mechanical theory has not changed. By walking or running in stationary position on the incline of the contrivance, wheels are turned which produce the desired action, in turning a butter churn or mill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Business School Uses Tread Mill Machine For Experiments With Heat and Respiratory Action | 11/3/1937 | See Source »

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