Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...course, you didn't mean that the poor mother received transfusions of pure hemoglobin, which would have been toxic if not fatal. Mrs. Wenger probably received whole blood to build up her hemoglobin level...
...even know of any field which promises us any hope of adequate defense." The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, of which Einstein is chairman, frantically appealed for $200,000 to educate people to "a new type of thinking ... if mankind is to survive and move toward a higher level...
Clark's first concern was food. He informed Marshal Ivan S. Konev that he intended to raise the daily calorie level to 1,550 as soon as possible. But, he added, "I know how I would feel if we had been in here first and you came in and immediately raised the food level. It would seem like a deliberate slap in the face. For that reason, I intend to do it gradually." Ever since then, Clark has hammered away at the Russians to maintain decent rations...
...copper wire, which may soon clip production, G.E.'s electric fan output was close to schedule. Refrigerators were up to 93%; vacuum cleaners 57%, irons 91%. But toasters, broilers and roasters were still way down. Radio manufacturers were turning out a million radios monthly, almost the 1941 production level. (The public was already balking at buying unknown brands.) Shoe manufacturers will probably reach an alltime U.S. high this year of 550 million pairs; tires were now plentiful. Production of housing components was improving. Item: 97,000 bathtubs were made...
...months ago, the House chose the first course. Its bill would wipe out all food subsidies, guarantee every producer and distributor a "reasonable" (and undefined) profit margin, and end price controls whenever production of an article reached the 1941 level. That combination of pressure-group policies would raise the indexes a good 25 percent at once, with further sharp boosts to follow as output really begins to flow. Establishing 1941 supply s the norm looks good at first sight, but on closer examination resembles an attempt to measure the avalanche with a rain-gauge. For five years the consumer...