Word: dependables
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...general outlines of U.S. reparations policy had begun to take form. To Washington insiders it seemed clear that proponents of the Morgenthau plan for Germany, rather than having lost everything at Yalta, had won at least half a victory. It was also clear that the final reparations plan would depend largely on the extent of destruction inside Germany. Stemming from that point, Washington thinking was running along these lines...
...cadaver scarcity was growing acute even before the war. For dissection, modern medical schools have to depend almost entirely on derelict, unclaimed bodies. Wartime prosperity, a long-range decline in pauperism and the wider spread of Social Security payments (which include funeral expenses) have cut this source of supply. Said Dr. Curl last week: "Another four years and we may not have any cadavers for medical teaching...
...team lineup is by no means the final one but many of its more experienced players seem assured of a first team berth. The only other veteran other than Wallace, upon whom Coach Stahl can depend is Art Conlon, flycatcher deluxe, back from 19 Varsity games of last spring and summer, but both Jack Knowles and Mel Lackey, pitcher and catcher, played regularly for the B team last year and took part in a few Varsity contests. A war veteran with six games of Varsity play two years ago, Jack Forie is leading the competition for second base...
However, the industrial power of the U.S. v. Russia (and v. Germany) probably depends most of all on prosperity in the U.S. U.S. prosperity will in turn depend in good part on U.S. exports, including exports to Russia. Idle machines and men would promote social, political and industrial decay...
...about food rations," observed Britain's Lancet in a recent issue. "Two people get double the rations of one, but the food goes further. Three people fare better and can have a weekly joint. . . . But the person who lives by herself (it is generally a she) has to depend on herself for everything...