Word: ersatz
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...After the 1930 classes of Italian and French cruisers are completed, neither nation will build destroyers of more than 6.1-inch gun calibre, but France and Italy will each build two "Pocket Dread-naughts" of 23,333 tons, copying in this respect the famed German Ersatz Preussen (TIME, Nov. 26, 1928), hailed by naval experts as the world's most efficient small war boat...
...ning was annoyingly vague, promised in a general way to continue Germany's present foreign policy "unchanged," to promote the country's "economic health.'' He did not even mention these live political issues: 1) Shall Germany build a second "pocket battleship" like the famed Ersatz Preussen? (TIME, Nov. 26, 1928) 2) Along what lines will the Government administer the new Defense-of-the-Reich Act? (TIME, March 31) 3) What is to be done about Thuringia's Minister of Interior, redoubtable Dr. Frick, who continues to defy the central German Government about reactionary military organizations...
...German word ersatz (substitute) has taken on a powerful significance in late years. German research and diligence has found a way to make nitrogen artificially (giving unlimited source for explosives); has made synthetic petroleum; has evolved the small but potent Ersatz Preussen, a warship designed to outrank anything of similar tonnage and armament in other navies...
After 14 years of diligence and research Dr. Friedrich Bergius of Heidelberg University last week announced another ersatz: sugar from wood. He considers "all difficulties solved" in turning wood into cellulose, treating the cellulose with hydrochloric acid to get ersatz-holz-zucker. The product is similar to beet sugar in taste and application...