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Mileage? "The vet gave her one quart of kerosene and she ran four miles, so I judge she would have gone 16 miles on the four quarts. I can't tell you her speed, as the vet hasn't yet caught up with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUREAUCRACY: Fair Answer | 2/8/1943 | See Source »

...especially farm prices) have climbed steadily. Last week this dangerous trend continued. Though the Government at last got around to releasing Government-stocked wheat in order to hold down wheat prices, cotton quotations went to the highest levels since last May, and milk prices in Manhattan advanced 1? per quart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRICES: What Kind of Inflation? | 2/1/1943 | See Source »

...story, dated and ludicrous, is relieved only occasionally by a few amusing and probably unintentional remarks, as well as the frequent appearance of Hedy Lamarr clad in nothing but a lurong and a quart of stain. As a savage the Austrian-born star is far from convincing, however, despite her interpretation of a native hooch cooch dance that is more a la Old Howard than African...

Author: By J. C. R., | Title: MOVIEGOER | 1/18/1943 | See Source »

Ever since Vice President Henry Agard Wallace made his first major speech on post-war problems last May, critics have tried to make him sound like a starry-eyed global godfather whose only interest was a quart of milk for every Hottentot. Last week gentle Henry Wallace, using harsher language than he likes, struck back with some telling blows-and managed to bring out some of the simple elements of national self-interest in his program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wallace's Answer | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

This, unfortunately, was precisely the problem the old guard of the N.A.M. failed even to face. The tone was set when retiring President William P. Witherow delivered a confusing tirade against the already confused ideas of Henry J. Wallace. Cried Mr. Witherow: "I am not righting for a quart of milk for every Hottentot, or for a TVA on the Danube. ... I am not making tanks or guns to help a people's revolution ... I am making armament to help our boys save America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Business, Dec. 14, 1942 | 12/14/1942 | See Source »

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