Word: feed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...must produce, and let nothing stand in the way of production. We must feed the hungry and care for those in distress. If private enterprise cannot do this we must have public enterprise. . . . We must see the fight through to the finish, and show the world that we believe all men are created equal...
...Moon & Sun. The Japanese, who seized Formosa after their first war on China 50 years ago, ruthlessly exploited its land and people. Formosa made Japan the world's fourth sugar-producer; it yielded enough rice to feed all the Mikado's armies as well as coal and tin, gold, silver and copper; teak and camphor (70% of U.S. mothballs) and aromatic Oolong tea. At mountain-ringed Jitsu-Getsu-Tan-Lake of the Moon and Sun-the Japanese built the nucleus of a power system that put Formosa industrially ahead of the Philippines...
...your high-powered fact-finding sensation mongers would like to visit this "sleepier" town, the Chamber of Commerce will pay your fare here & return by Pullman or plane, feed you on Southern fried chicken and hickory-cured Kentucky ham with all the trimmings, and, what is more, we'll even try to wear our shoes while you are here...
...cile dolled up to share Papa Oliva Dionne's knee (see cut) and a single big birthday cake. But no presents. Other years there had been five cakes and gifts of ponies, bicycles, etc. This year the Quints decided that the money should go to help feed children in Europe...
There was trouble in Austria too. UNRRA had undertaken to feed all of Austria by April 1, but when the deadline arrived, it turned out that no provision had been made to back up the commitment with sufficient supplies. The U.S. and British zones had enough of their own food to maintain a 1,200-calorie ration level, but the Russians and French would be hard hit. To help UNRRA out, the U.S. and Britain contributed 100,000 tons of food to carry the other zones. Unless UNRRA manages to repay this "loan," the U.S.-British zones face starvation...