Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Quickly housewives discovered how hard are the facts of rationing: with his 48 points a month, each civilian could buy only three or four cans. Rationing also meant a leveling of U.S. diets: upper-income groups had once eaten the bulk of the nation's meat, low-income groups the bulk of canned goods. Now meat would soon be shared & shared alike-and even beans ("the poor man's food") now had high point values. Precious few foods (examples: olives, mincemeat, popcorn) remained unrationed. Cook books, vegetable gardens and a knowledge of dietetics became more highly...
...from plane crashes in inaccessible places, might also be handy for artillery spotting. With floats it can land and take off either from water or land. If its engine fails, the helicopter can land without power, unwinding earthward at leisurely speed. It can travel through murky weather at low speed, stop, back up or go sideways when it comes up to trees or buildings. It is easy to fly and, except for the danger of collisions in the air, close to foolproof...
Working for Mr. Morgenthau is no great shakes, financially speaking. With Government securities which the banks can buy yielding well under an average 2%, profits are low. In 1942 they were estimated at $400,000,000 (as against 1929's $557,000,000), representing a 6% return on total capital. But many a big bank is undercapitalized in view of its big deposits, so that earnings are in fact poorer than they seem...
...sure points don't help the mermen any, and they will just have to dig in and try to limit the rest of their opponents' points to a very low figure...
...bomber was in trouble. Fire whipped from an engine nacelle, was extinguished, burst out again. Four men jumped. Too late. On Boeing Field, cleared of traffic when the fire was reported by radio, firemen waited for the plane to come in. There was not enough time. The bomber, now low in the air, dived down flaming, crashed into the Frye packing plant, where employes were at lunch...