Word: limiteds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...oarsmen: Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshmen, and 150's. Those in the last group, however, into a special classification. Their standard racing shell is two inches narrower and a shade lighter than the others, and their usual racing distance is shorter by seven sixteenths of a mile. Weight restrictions limit their boat average to an even one fifty and their individual poundage to a hundred and fifty five...
...Limit" Elite. Riga's once famed, numerous pastry shops are empty these days, and the equally numerous florists are little more than a memory. The taverns in Vilna have been transformed into prisons by the MGB. Life is no safer than in Russia, though the standard of nourishment is higher. Related a refugee: "There is no starvation, not so much because the Russians try to prevent it, but because the people are united to such an extent that everyone in need gets help. The farmers are wonderful. Every appeal from the underground for vital foodstuffs is immediately...
...average worker makes about 300 rubles a month (the price of 2 lbs. of smoked sausage). However, the new overlords, i.e., Russian officials, technicians, "Heroes of the Soviet Union," local Communist big shots, get special privileges. They are known as "limit people" (those who receive the top category of limitnaya kartochka, i.e., ration card). Their ration includes 16 lbs. of meat a month, they are assigned special restaurants, special baths (much of the plumbing is dilapidated), special shows and concerts. A current bitter crack in Riga: "All they are waiting for now is special brothels...
...assert that Truman's policy breaks down the U. N. is incorrect, Wriston replied. Rather, he maintained, it gives the international organization a chance to grow and gain more strength. "The time limit of 15 months on American action to Greece and Turkey will give the U. N. time to wax stronger. We give it added momentum," he asserted...
Beren declared that the Council has set no limit on the number of new men to be accepted and stated that the sole qualification for membership on the Council are ability in debating and willingness to do "a proper amount of work...