Word: normale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...relative purchasing power of the farmer had fallen to less than 50% of normal in early 1933. I promised to do what I could to remedy this, and without burdening you with unnecessary figures, let the record say that a relative purchasing power of below 50% has now moved up today to better than...
...Farmers must agree to reduce their cotton plantings 30% to 45% below "normal," their corn plantings 10% to 30%. They need not reduce the number of hogs they raise, must merely agree not to raise more than the normal number. So that AAA cannot in future be charged with paying men for raising nothing whatever, cotton farmers must raise at least 50% of their normal crop, corn farmers 25%, hog raisers...
...remarkable feats of Johnny and Florie have taught ambitious parents to listen with respect when Dr. Myrtle Byram McGraw speaks on baby training. In the Normal Child Development Clinic of Manhattan's Neurological Institute, Assistant Director McGraw took two pairs of identical twins, turned one member of each pair into a prodigy of confidence and skill (TIME, Sept. 18, 1933 et seq.). Last week pretty, inventive Dr. McGraw told members of Manhattan's Town Hall Club about a new twist in her campaign for brighter babies...
...Boston's City Hospital, Drs. Leon J. Robinson and Sydney Selesnick, began experimenting on specimens in their hospital's alcoholic ward. Their aim was to develop a gas which would oxidize alcohol in the blood, help throw it off in the breath, restore the patient to a normal state of intoxication...
...teach biology?'' Fortnight ago the New York City Board of Examiners answered Miss Freistater's appeal: "Teachers should be acceptable hygienic models for their pupils in matters of weight." Fat people have "relatively higher mortality and morbidity rates than persons of normal weight.'' Too many Rose Freistaters would "constitute a drain on the teachers' pension fund." Convinced that no diet could save Miss Freistater from expanding, sooner or later, to her normal 182, Board Chairman Henry Levy explained: "Teachers must climb stairs, take part in fire drills and be able to handle all real...