Word: ib
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Leon Henderson tried desperately to pour oil on troubled waters: he pointed out that normal consumption is 13 Ib. a year, argued that a ration of one pound every five weeks would not be so bad. (He did not point out that his statistics were based on total population, including adults who do not drink coffee and children under 15, who will get none under rationing.) But every coffee drinker knew that one cup a day represented a drastic cut. The panic buying went on, with no signs of stopping until shelves were bare. In some places anti-hoarders even...
...cannot make any but the tersest official reports until he returns for his three weeks ashore between missions. And so his philosophy necessarily is: "It will keep." The pale-faced submarine man lives a crowded, dehydrated existence which may cause him to lose as much as 20 Ib. during his three months or so at sea. But he eats well, especially in the newer, larger ships, which stock fresh fruits, frozen steaks and turkeys...
...Also a wood plane is the graceful (6,200-Ib.) Russian fighter T-18, or MIG-3, which has plywood in wings and tail as well as fuselage. A single 12-cylinder, liquid-cooled, 1,200-h.p. motor gives it a top speed of 360 m.p.h. at 13,000 ft. Its armament is reportedly very light-two 7.6-mm. machine guns, one 12.7-mm. machine...
Eleanor Roosevelt could wait no longer: she had to see for herself. Besides, there was a standing invitation on royal stationery. Last week she flew to England, accompanied by her longtime secretary, Malvina Thompson. Each took along the regulation 44 Ib. of baggage...
Since every crossroads carnival has its fat lady, Willoughby was amazed to find fewer than 20 people in all medical historical records who exceeded 700 Ib...