Word: pint
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tire is mounted, then blown up rapidly and tapped at the same time to make sure that the beads seat themselves evenly; 6) tire and rim are immersed in water for the usual bubble test. Sometimes, in order to seal the smaller cracks, it is necessary to inject a pint to two quarts of liquid cement. Once the tire is made airtight it requires only the usual care...
...Alamein line to Mersa Matrûh, large pockets of Italian soldiers, abandoned to their fate, wearily sought some British soldier or some British unit to take them back to prisoners' camp where they would get bully-beef and biscuits, but more than anything else a pint of water per man. When rain fortunately fell the other day, these bunches of Italians turned their faces to the sky and allowed the cooling blessing from heaven to trickle down their throats...
...field is in the center of a 100-mile-square dry area. Translated into practical terms, this means the Army drinks $3-a-pint rotgut...
...resurgence of the powerful dry lobby, and especially its efforts to force prohibition upon the areas surrounding Army posts. I wonder if the much-spoken-for "Mothers of America" really want their 18-and 19-year-old sons to come home used to drinking the cheapest liquor a pint at a time. ... I don't think it's sacrilege to include moderation in drinking as part of the American way. ... At the very least, it's a damn dirty trick to play on us while we're away...
...example, very few of us had ever been blood donors until last spring, but now almost every one at TIME who is able has given one pint of blood to the Red Cross, and many two or three...