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Although doctors in last-ditch starvation cases have resorted to synthesized remedies (amino acids, concentrated vitamins, blood plasma), the best cure for malnutrition is food, and plenty of it.* A build-up diet of simple foods such as cereals, cabbage, and potatoes ( most likely to be available after near-famine) will do the trick if the daily caloric rate attains or exceeds 4,000. Even then, the road back is long...
Smartness v. Popularity. Although Reuther's men were still on the picket line, the G.M. strikers' ranks were solidly behind his last-ditch fight. But it would take more than the backing of G.M. workers to loft him into the union presidency. Admittedly smart, Reuther, like many a smart man before him, was not universally loved...
...Down-under" Australians are hypersensitive to any suggestion of uppishness from those who live at the top of the world, especially "Pommies" (the English). The defensive truculence carries over to domestic affairs. With fierce local pride and last-ditch tenacity they hang on to whatever they have won from others-be it battle positions, jobs, or their underpopulated country which they keep that way by restrictive immigration laws. Australian labor disputes, in particular, have long been notable for the stubbornness of the participants and the pettiness of the issues. Most Australian unions will strike for two pins, but would rather...
...planners expected the Japanese to defend the home islands by tactics similar to those used at Okinawa: no defense on the beach, retreat to strong positions, last-ditch defenses. The Japanese, however, still tried desperately to find a means to stop massed amphibious assaults at the water's edge. When the Marines were fighting on Iwo Jima, the high command pressed for development of an anti-landing craft weapon suitable for cheap, quick mass production. The fukuryus were the result...
...triumph was short-lived. Derna's natives flatly declined to rally to Hamet, and Yusuf's men bore down relentlessly from the hills. Just as the marines were preparing for a last-ditch stand, Eaton got word that his government had made peace with Yusuf, selling Hamet down the river...