Word: dose
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...patient," said the chemists confidently, "(after consulting the family physician, as was done in our own recorded experiments) would do well to begin with a daily 250-mg. dose and, if no decided improvement results after one week, to try 500 mg. daily until satisfactory progress is observed. After that he might get along comfortably on 250 mg. or less during the season." The chemists believe the vitamin works as follows: During allergic attacks, such as hay fever, the vitamin-C level in the body goes down; at the same time, histamine in the blood goes up. Histamine...
...Razzle-Dazzle. Andrew Higgins stole the march by using a double dose of Kaiser's own technique-rough & tumble action plus fortissimo publicity. Right after Higgins lost his ship contract, he raised enough rumpus to start several Congressional investigations, to snag thousands of headlines, and convince many people that he was a victim of the Maritime Commission. When things slowed down Higgins bought full-page ads in leading newspapers, boasting "World's largest builder of boats...
...Burris-Meyer, must take into accomvt such factors as nationality, age, character of work, time of day. Foreign-born workers respond best to opera. Oldsters are best stimulated by such old standbys as Bicycle Built for Two, East Side, West Side. Youth prefers juke-box favorites. Most effective dose was found to be ten to 15 minutes of music each half hour, administered softly. To eliminate brassy passages, change of key, too ornate orchestrations, about 75% of the music on a "planned" factory program is specially arranged...
Army's first-half stabs through the middle of the Crimson first line of defense can be chalked up mostly to the difficulty which guards Hibbard and Stannard and quarterback Waters--who was getting his first dose of intercollegiate football--had in adjusting to their new locations. Once the newness had worn off and a few variations were thrown into the straight five-man line used during most of the first half, the powerful Cadet ground attack was slowed down to an easy shuffle...
...Germans, the foreign propaganda division has talked pretty cold turkey. It has never sought to argue with the German line, merely to expose it. Germans are constantly reminded of what happened when the U.S. came into the war in 1917. They receive a dose of spot news 15 minutes out of every hour. They are told about U.S. production achievements...