Word: list
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...dollar shortage, they said, had penetrated even into their forbidden city of Lhasa, which badly needs plows and sickles. To get them, Tibet wants to send the U.S. a list of oddities (e.g., lapis lazuli, musk, leopard skins) topped by 100,000 yak* tails. It happens that the U.S. is now suffering from a war-born shortage of yak tails, which can't be beat for making wigs and Santa Claus beards. U.S. wigmakers will probably grab them up fast...
Syphilis & the Common Cold. In research, P.H.S. has chalked up a notable list of firsts. Among them: discovery (1914) of the cause, cure and prevention of pellagra; identification (1925) of brucellosis (undulant fever); first use (1942) of continuous caudal anesthesia in childbirth; proof (1943) of the effectiveness of penicillin in the treatment of syphilis; demonstration (1941) that fluorides reduce tooth decay; isolation (1947) of one of the agents causing the common cold...
...Populi. In Oklahoma City, Election Board Secretary Winfred P. Fowler got back an absentee ballot from a vacationing woman with a sweeping criticism: "I don't like the names of any of the men you sent me. Please mail me another list...
...would the Health Act work for the patients? It was too early to tell. But one doctor, figuring out how often his old patients fell ill, made a guess for those on his new list, decided that he could average six minutes to a patient...
...Salt Co. had been giving extraordinarily large trade discounts. Unconvinced that this had any relation to real savings in Morton's costs, FTC had charged that the discounts were unfair to smaller buyers. The Supreme Court in effect had ordered Morton Salt to stick to a uniform price list for big & small alike. Reasoned one businessman: "If everyone does stick to his price list and the price lists gravitate to a common level, as they will be compelled to do under the economic law of uniform price, then, according to the Supreme Court, the sellers can be found guilty...