Word: decays
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Russia changed the whole picture. There was an immediate economic decline, and a decline in morale came soon thereafter. By autumn both declines had gathered speed. "This, together with the decay of capital equipment, caused a leveling off of war production for the first time in Nazi history, then a steep decline in production." For instance, the production of locomotives in all German Europe dropped to 1,400 yearly; and the Wehrmacht was losing 29 locomotives a day in Russia (i.e., three years' production in the Russian campaign's first six months...
...psychological as well as economic. "In view of this, it is perhaps even more symptomatic of how far the social mutation inside Germany has gone that middle-class people are ceasing to behave according to their old stand ards." When Smith left Germany the atmosphere was one of decay "and that atmosphere seems thickest among the Kleinbürgertum [petite bourgeoisie]." They were drinking simply "to get soused completely and unmitigatedly [and] sexual license of people once proud of their respectability has virtually run the prostitutes out of business...
...Cramer, occupational cancer is a "preventable disease." Social Cancers, an expression coined by Dr. Cramer, which include cancers of the esophagus, stomach, upper digestive tract -all especially common in the lower economic groups. One reason for this prevalence, said the doctor, is the "banal" fact of widespread tooth decay, or "in plain English, a dirty mouth." Improper chewing and constant swallowing of infected matter produce dangerous physical and chemical irritation of the digestive tract. Prevention of this form of cancer involves a change "in mode and habits of life...
...citizens consume about 115 lb. of sugar a year per capita-twice the sugar ration of any other country, almost ten times what the U.S. used less than 100 years ago. Many dental researchers are sure that this excessive proportion of sugar accounts for the fact that caries (tooth decay) is the commonest U.S. disease. Fruit can satisfy the craving for something sweet, and the chemistry of the saliva and the digestive juices automatically convert the starch of bread, potatoes, corn, etc. to the sugars the body needs...
Author Burt is an excellent reporter, and he is at his best in describing the Philadelphia phenomenon-the mingled ugliness and beauty of the city, its noble traditions and wasted opportunities and decay, its kindly and brainless aristocrats, the weird customs and stately orgies of its men's clubs, the gastronomic peaks of its cuisine. "In all the world," says Felix's lawyer at lunch, "there is no equal of Philadelphia strawberry ice cream. In fact, I might say that outside of Philadelphia no one knows what ice cream really...