Word: rationalization
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chicago's Century of Progress, but the Executive Committee well knew that the picture would offend their pious, Roman Catholic boss, tall, white-haired Dennis Francis Kelly, who was trusting his subordinates to keep things in order while he vacationed in California. Another shocker was the angry Ration Box and Crucifix, in which Artist Adrian Troy expressed his opinion of the state relief administration with two scatological words seldom seen in paint or print...
...Lake Shore Drive, Chicago youths, adolescents and gallery-goers found that Modern Olympia had been given the show's most prominent position, at the top of the stairs leading to the second floor. Ration Box and Crucifix could be seen on the third floor, leaning against a radiator...
Most vexed was paunchy old Léon Jouhaux, longtime French trade union superboss. On paper his Confédération Générale du Travail (General Labor Confédération) "represents without political leanings all workers aware of the struggle to make final the distinction between the employer and his employes," to quote its grandiose Charter. Strictly speaking, "Papa" Jouhaux had been supposed to represent the great bulk of employes in French large-scale industry. Soon after the new Cabinet took office fortnight ago he met French employers' representatives at a conference presided...
...During the twelve-month test period, Daisy gained some 75 Ib., now weighs a little more than 1,700 Ib. Kept in a large box stall, she was carefully guarded against undue excitement. She consumed more than 21 tons of food and unlimited quantities of water. A typical daily ration: 40 Ib. of green feed; 12 Ib. of beet pulp; 25 Ib. of sliced beets; 20 Ib. of silage; 20 Ib. of mixed grain feed; 2 Ib. of molasses. When the weather was good Daisy was allowed to graze for two hours daily...
Largest eaters of horsemeat in the U. S. are dogs, who get it chiefly in a can called Ken-L-Ration. Tastiest cuts for human consumption are the tenderloin, tongue, liver and hindquarters. Experts consider that if horses were bred like cattle the slight toughness of horsemeat, which is not so tough as venison, would be readily overcome. While not admitting ever to have cooked horsemeat, Brooklyn's Pratt Institute declared last week that the tender cuts should be broiled like beef. Less tender cuts, meat for the poorest of the poor, should be scored, pounded and marinated...