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Britain's butchers carve the tiny weekly meat ration with surgeonlike skill; a slip of a fraction of an inch, and the legal eightpennyworth is exceeded. The Ministry of Food sometimes tests these craftsmen, and last week its testing methods came under fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Smashing Blonde | 4/30/1951 | See Source »

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