Word: ditches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was still a chance that the Senate would restore to OPA the opportunity to liquidate itself gracefully, retire speedily but in good order from inflexible control-a compromise between rout and a last-ditch stand...
Although doctors in last-ditch starvation cases have resorted to synthesized remedies (amino acids, concentrated vitamins, blood plasma), the best cure for malnutrition is food, and plenty of it.* A build-up diet of simple foods such as cereals, cabbage, and potatoes ( most likely to be available after near-famine) will do the trick if the daily caloric rate attains or exceeds 4,000. Even then, the road back is long...
...since the days of Quincy Howe's England Expects Every American To Do His Duty has anyone tried to tie a fancier assortment of knots in the British lion's tail. Stalin and Molotov could hardly have made a balder plea for the U.S. to ditch the British...
Smartness v. Popularity. Although Reuther's men were still on the picket line, the G.M. strikers' ranks were solidly behind his last-ditch fight. But it would take more than the backing of G.M. workers to loft him into the union presidency. Admittedly smart, Reuther, like many a smart man before him, was not universally loved...
...Down-under" Australians are hypersensitive to any suggestion of uppishness from those who live at the top of the world, especially "Pommies" (the English). The defensive truculence carries over to domestic affairs. With fierce local pride and last-ditch tenacity they hang on to whatever they have won from others-be it battle positions, jobs, or their underpopulated country which they keep that way by restrictive immigration laws. Australian labor disputes, in particular, have long been notable for the stubbornness of the participants and the pettiness of the issues. Most Australian unions will strike for two pins, but would rather...