Word: diet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...When the battle runs nip-&-tuck, "let Hitler have the headaches. Don't give them to yourself by unhygienic living. . . . Don't eat when you are tired, rest a while in a recumbent position. A day in bed on a light diet with the windows open and some light diverting reading will give relief...
Said Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, commander of the expeditionary force: enemy resistance was much less than had been expected. For the Japs it was the darkest week of the war. "We must all keep ourselves cool," said Diet Member Ichiro Hirose...
Death by Starvation. At Camp O'Donnell the Jap commanding officer bluntly told the Americans that they would not be treated as prisoners of war, but as captives without any rights or privileges. He carried out his words to the letter. The usual diet was a "watery juice with a little paste and rice." After the first week the death rate was 20 Americans and 150 Filipinos a day; after two weeks it had risen to 50 Americans and 500 Filipinos daily. Said Colonel Dyess...
...Joseph Stalin) -RANGE: Unpredictable. HABITAT: Enjoys sub-zero temperatures and thick, slimy mud. Remarkably mobile, he is frequently found far behind his enemies' nests. IDENTIFICATION: A large, tough bird-much tougher than anyone imagined. VOICE: Seldom heard. FOOD: Feeding habits are almost entirely beneficial to man, since its diet is largely composed of destructive rodents and fuhrer-bearing animals." The Chiangs were found in "a sturdy little nest in the vicinity of Chungking," and Churchill was heard to have "a well-prepared song...
...Atlantic was wan and weak when Editor Weeks took over. Later other young blood (notably urbane Richard Ely Danielson, with new ownership money) was infused. The oldtimer soon sat up to a new diet: less literature for literature's sake, more topical, issue-grappling articles. This week Editor Weeks and Publisher Donald B. Snyder could report a strong Atlantic pulse: 1943 advertising up 38% from 1939, December 1943's circulation of 108,037 (not including newsstand sales, which bring it to Snyder's estimate of 125,000) up 78% from 1939's average. The Atlantic...