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Long & Short. In the old days the wealthier Chinese in the cities could count on a handful of Western-trained doctors practicing modern medicine; in the far interior many of the poorest Chinese got equally good care, free, from medical missions. In between, tens of millions relied on the thousands of traditional and often secret herb remedies. For serious ills they might seek treatment by a doctor versed in acupuncture (TIME, June 2, 1952), in which special needles are thrust into the body at a specified angle and to a certain depth, and in surprising places considering the complaint...
...Officers of the U.S. Army's 803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion, stationed near London, have decided to award a plaque bearing a painted devil to the company with the poorest record of church attendance during Lent, with orders that it be displayed prominently for two weeks. "We want to instill the fear of the Lord in all our troops," said the chaplain...
...anyway, it was all "paper profit." Yes, his firms bought from one another, but only when they were the bona fide low bidders. Actually, such purchases amounted to only 1.75% in the case of New York Shipbuilding and 75% for Merritt-Chapman & Scott. Charged Wolfson: Montgomery Ward is "the poorest managed and operated corporation in America with $500 million net or more...
...thing, not many of the Greek repatriates actually went home. Most of their villages were destroyed in the war. They are billeted in Epirus and Macedonia, which are two of the poorest regions in a poor country. The repatriates have not enough to eat, and no employment. Under their Communist masters, they were adequately clothed and housed and fed so long as they worked hard and did not rebel. In advanced countries like Czechoslovakia, some had also learned trades which, in northern Greece, they cannot...
Leading scorer for the varsity was Manning, with 18 points. Bulger and Phil Haughey each scored 12, while center "Ike" Canty, who had his poorest schooling night of the season totaled eight. Bob Hastings, Bob Barnett, and Dick Hurley completed the scoring...