Word: rationalization
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...reactions to the strain. Throughout the performance, whether he is Clem Kaddiddlehopper or Cauliflower McPugg, his characters have at least one thing in common: they are all but afloat in nervous perspiration. Red trembles and his eyes are alight with tears as, in the end, he inhales his grand ration of applause; and the people who swarm backstage for his autograph find an obliging man, usually dressed in an old kimono, whose lips quiver and whose hands shake...
...based loosely on the 1945 film that established the career of twelve-year-old Elizabeth Taylor, is set by television in the U.S. rather than England. The first episode was given over to the successful efforts of Velvet Brown (Lori Martin) to rescue a horse from the Ken-L-Ration can, had a certain oaty charm...
...used to carry oil to Cuba-but, of course, the deal frees Russian tankers to do the job. Even so, Castro could be heading for trouble. On one of his recent TV marathons, he confided that Cuba has only a 66-day supply of gasoline and 34-day ration of fuel...
After the 14 men reached their raft, the first officer calculated the food supply to last for 30 days, decided on the daily ration: each man got one ship's biscuit, one ounce of pemmican, four malted-milk tablets, three squares of chocolate and six ounces of water. What follows is a catalogue of torments. Tongues swelled and turned black. Sea water and the equatorial sun cut running sores. The feet of a wounded man turned gangrenous. By the 19th day, Cooke, who kept the log, recorded the first death. The body was rolled into the sea; cannibalism...
...been unable to catch any fish, made no attempt to trap sea birds, failed to maintain a system of regular watches or to develop a distress signal to attract passing ships (three passed on the horizon without seeing them). Even worse, they had apparently made no attempt to ration their food and had eaten it all in the first 16 days. But the ultimate test of survival technique is to survive, and on that basis, the Russians made a perfect score. By the time they were finally spotted by a plane from the Kearsarge, the four young men had been...