Word: oiling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Eunuchs seldom or never have acne.) There is not a shred of evidence for the common belief that acne is a result of masturbation. For some unknown reason, the face, chest and upper back are especially susceptible. There the tiny sebaceous glands, which are designed to secrete fats to oil the skin, become clogged with an abnormally waxy form of these fats. Blackheads and pimples form over the shutdown pores; there may also be pustules, but infection is believed to be the result of the acne, not the cause of it. In severe, persistent cases, the scars left by pimples...
...thing, he said, he has the power to move into the field of state proration of oil production...
...must not allow Europe to go flat on its back for the want of oil, if the oil can be provided," Eisenhower told his news conference...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6--President Eisenhower called today for a maximum effort to get more oil to Europe--and implied that the federal government might step in if other means fail...
...Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates oil production in the largest producing state, has refused thus far to make major increases in the allowable production. This has been cited by government officials as one reason for the lagging of the emergency oil program for Europe...