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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Return Visit | 11/2/1942 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Fat Lady | 11/2/1942 | See Source »

Born. To Evalyn Washington McLean Reynolds, 20, daughter of Hostess Evalyn Walsh ("Hope Diamond") McLean; and Senator Robert Rice Reynolds, 58: a daughter, 6 Ib. 8 oz. (her first child, his fourth); in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 26, 1942 | 10/26/1942 | See Source »

...Decay of teeth, says Hill, is a product of civilization. It increases with a people's standard of living and is almost unknown among the few isolated and primitive races on the fringes of civilization. At the end of the Civil War the average American ate only 31 Ib. of sugar yearly. By World War I consumption had risen to 85 Ib. Last year it was 114 Ib. The average American, says Hill, today has two more dental cavities than he had only twelve years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Dentists' Nightmare | 10/12/1942 | See Source »

...than heard on the floor of the Senate. Since he took the late silver Senator Key Pittman's place two years ago, he has made the headlines on only one subject: Nevada's huge Government-financed magnesium plant, world's largest (rated capacity: 112,000,000 Ib. a year, 3½-times U.S. output last year), which went into production last month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Anaconda Magnesium | 10/12/1942 | See Source »

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