Word: need
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scrap. The American Medical Association, champion of medicine-as-it-is, was in one corner. In the other: spokesmen for farm groups, labor unions, consumers' associations and minority medical groups, all of which believe that U.S. medical care is too expensive and fails to reach the people who need it most...
...tests, London newspapers hailed the gas turbine as the advance guard of a power revolution. A vehicle driven by a gas turbine, the experts explained, would have no cooling system, no gearshift (except for reversing and extra-low gear), no continuous ignition system. It would be almost vibrationless, would need little lubrication, and would burn low-priced fuel such as kerosene or diesel...
...gets tired, don't punish him." Except in flagrant cases, nobody can tell by watching a race whether a jockey is trying or not. Like pro wrestlers, they can put on a great show ? lots of whip-waving and scuffling. (If they want to lose, all they need to do is loosen the reins an instant and let the horse's head drop, or run into a jam, or lose a few lengths on a turn...
...four big $100,000 races run so far (the Santa Anita Handicap and the Derby). He doesn't shine as brilliantly in the cheap run-of-the-mill races, on which 26 million people do most of their betting. Says he: "Cheap horses don't need management?they just...
...make sure that key sections of the economy get what they need, the American Petroleum Institute drew up a tentative, voluntary rationing program. Under it, oil companies would give top priorities to farmers, doctors, transit lines, and the armed forces. If such voluntary means do not work, the House Committee warned: "There is simply no alternative" to Government controls and a return to oil rationing...