Word: milk
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...planned for 1947: 375 million buttons, 35 million yards of cloth, 23 million pairs of stockings and 18.5 million pairs of boots and shoes, 4,000 tons of household utensils, 500,000 beds, $100 million worth of furniture. The million extra tons of food include 100,000 tons of milk, 27,000 of meat and fish, 20,000 of mushrooms, 5,000 of butter and 180,000 boxes of eggs...
...that cautious Finance Minister James Lorimer Ilsley had been overcautious when he predicted a $300,000,000 deficit last June. The Government had tried hard to keep expenses down. For another thing, shortages had prevented the Government from buying all it wanted. Also, some subsidies (like that on milk, which had been costing the Government about $42,000,000 a year) were ended. Even the Canadian Army was not spending as fast as it thought it would: its total expenditures for the year would probably be about $10,000,000 less than the $283,000,000 predicted...
...squatters prepared to stand off a siege. Many got a winter supply of coal, and began having ice, groceries and milk delivered. They hired two lawyers. But at week's end the going began to get tough. Six of the veterans were arrested for trespassing. Said their leader, ex-Pfc. Paul Principato, as he was booked by the cops: "Who wants that medal of mine? They can have...
Undulant fever (brucellosis) is caused by bacteria transmitted to human beings by infected cows, goats or pigs, either by contact or in unpasteurized milk or cheese. Hence it is most common in rural areas. Anyone who feels weak, tired, feverish and generally rotten should be suspected of having the disease-but detection is tough. Reason: the symptoms resemble those of many other common diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis, psychoneurosis. Undulant fever seldom kills, but it may keep its victims wretched...
Zerbe, 43, never liked the paint that comes from tubes. Since his student days at Frankfurt (where he studied chemistry), he had tried all the usual mediums, as well as egg yolk, casein, fig milk, wax soap and Duco automobile enamel. Zerbe got around to encaustic six years ago. He liked its fast-drying, refulgent surface. In 1934 Zerbe moved to the U.S.-out of Hitler's way. The Boston Museum school of art made him a teacher...