Word: normalization
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...raised? Although he hinted (and the next day confirmed) that half the sum would be borrowed, all Sir John's emphasis was on direct taxation. The guiding principle, he informed his colleagues, would be to impose all the taxes the country could stand. Normal standards of what was popular no longer counted, said he; furthermore, one of his aims was to curtail civilian demands. "There must be restrictions directed against wasteful or unnecessary use of resources, restrictions which limit consumption of a long list of articles, the strictest economy all along the line...
...Yankees were not quite their normal selves; but just wait till next year. All this, however, it is not a good thing. Cincinnati must come through; it must win four out of five games. A rookie pitcher must start the ball rolling today and his team must score a run sooner or later. Drastic measures may have to be taken if things start breaking badly. If all fails, Kenesaw Mountain Landis should set up the Western Hemisphere Series and conform to the feeling of the times. Let the damn Yankees keep their title and send the Red Sox against Cincinnati...
...most paris of the Southwest, Meyer said today in an article in The Saturday Evening Post, the pass is a normal part of the offense "set a dangerous maneuver to be used sparingly and in faint hope." He backs this statement up with the figures that in 1938 the Frogs passed 229 times and in 11 games lost the ball only seven times by interception, but 17 times by fumbles...
...hold of a race of rats showing high susceptibility to constipation, fallen arches, varicose veins, stomach ulcers, hernia, sagging viscera, poor circulation, crooked and decaying teeth, spinal curvature, sacroiliac trouble, bad tonsils and audible adenoids, you would undoubtedly find this afflicted race much more stupid at maze running than normal, healthy rats. You would conclude that rats with the best biological endowment are the most intelligent rats, and that your afflicted, stupid rat race was headed toward an evolutionary dead end. But if you made the same observations and distinctions about human beings, you would make yourself unpopular...
...children, Vitamin D regulates the amount of calcium and phosphorus which the body uses for building bones and teeth. Only vitamin which does not originate in plant tissue, vitamin D occurs most abundantly in oily fish livers, is generated in the body by ultraviolet rays of the sun. Normal U. S. adults get all the vitamin D they need when they bask on beaches, and, if they drink plenty of milk, need not worry about calcium regulation. But to make best use of the calcium in their diet, pregnant women and children need extra amounts, must take daily doses...