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Plantation Plaint...
...chaplain, who "tried to infuse them with courage to hold out bravely and show no sign of fear. While Father Ravoux was speaking to them old Tazoo broke out in a death wail in which one after another joined until the prison room was filled with a wild, unearthly plaint which was neither of despair nor grief but rather a paroxysm of savage passion, most impressive to witness and startling to hear. During the lulls in their death-song they would resume their pipes and with the exception of an occasional mutter or the rattling of their chains they...
...Plaint. Near Philadelphia, a neighbor of Mrs. Bobbie Ernst sued to subdue her marimba playing, charged she had played it "for more than five years . . . almost daily, approximately six hours a day and until late hours of the night . . . plays Jingle Bells whenever she observes the plaintiff, and Anchors Aweigh when a certain naval officer is in sight...
This modern version of Ophelia's plaint could still be sung by mad-eyed U.S. pharmacists. But not much longer. For the supply of many herb-grown medicines is dwindling, and some prices have shot up as much as 200%. Synthetic drugs, such as arsenic compounds for syphilis, or sulfa drugs for infections, are still plentiful, but of the 300 plants commonly used in medicine, only 31 are grown commercially in the U.S. and those in small quantities. Many precious herbs could be grown in the U.S. and in South America, but their successful culture would take years...
...attitude, but the Defense Advisory Commission finally asked that copper and zinc exports (mean ing to Japan and Russia) be made subject to licensing. The zinc request was prompted, among other things, by a blast earlier this month from C. Donald Dallas of Revere Copper & Brass. Dallas' com plaint: in October, Japan got 3,775 tons of zinc, in 1940's first ten months, 12,042 tons. Meanwhile, Brass mills working on cartridges, shell cases, detonator caps, rotating bands, fuse caps, other munitions for British and U. S. use, have had to curtail production and delay deliveries...