Word: hungered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...peace in 1948. The US. had learned the price of endlessly talking peace with men who had no intention of concluding a peace. Talk meant only delay and delay was costly. But in 1948's troubled world, the U.S. had reason to be thankful. In the midst of hunger and want it knew unequaled prosperity. The year's harvest was the biggest in history. With few exceptions, everyone who wanted a job had one. Labor got a third round of wage increases, and strikes were at a postwar low. Prices inched upward and everyone worried, complained, and talked...
...Marlin was to sail from St. Lucia, a woman screamed that someone had stolen her demijohn. When police went aboard the Marlin, they uncovered hams, butter, soap, cloth, shoes and other contraband. Goods and traffickers were hustled off to the hoosegow. The women pleaded Martinique's hunger, and the police relented. Late in the day they let the Marlin sail, with a warning that next time things would go harder...
Mother Earth (Sun. 2:30 p.m., NBC). Hour-long documentary on world hunger...
...added its small voice to the general debate. "Have you had your daily dose of catastrophes, crises and cynicism?" it asked, and went on for eight pages to tell such news as "50,000 Arabs Live Peacefully in Israel! . . . Better Drinking Water for Pennsylvania . . . Soviets Thank Quakers . . . FAO Hunger Fighters Take to the Offensive ... Wife Joins Husband in Jail...
Edith Sitwell has left her enchanted garden and ventured into the streets of terror and the cities of hunger; no longer tweeting little lyrics, she curses and moans, loves and despairs-but never sneers...