Word: rationing
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...they reached the main supply depot, they found that it had drifted outward faster than they could move the supplies in. "It was actual blood-taste-in-the-mouth," Captain Riiser-Larsen later radioed the Hearstpapers, whose publisher was one of his sponsors. They "could have taken sufficient emergency ration and rushed for safety on the barrier side. But with the wind off the land, the dog floe might drift out any time, and we decided to stay where we were, eventually drift out with the dogs, and thus get a chance to save them...
...Animal thriller. Gifts: 32-page dog "autobiography" and a sample can of Bird-E-Ration...
When a Russian needs more food or clothing than his ration card entitles him to buy, he can go to the special Torgsin stores which sell only for valuta (foreign money), if he has any valuta-a difficult thing for a Russian to obtain. Last week the bars went down a little. To increase the State's stock of silver, Torgsin was authorized to accept silver plate and old jewelry as valuta. Next day Torgsin stores were jammed with hungry, ill-clad natives, eager to swap silver for rough clothing and such luxuries, dear to Russians, as smoked salmon...
...Soviet cities the State zagged by taking off the ration list Russia's beloved tea & cigarets, also milk, eggs, cheese, canned goods (except canned meat), candy, soap and knitted goods...
...Still rationed (purchasable only on presentation of a card) are bread, flour, meat, oil, gruel, sugar and Russia's beloved butter & herring. Men's clothing was not taken off the ration list, but the ration per man per year was increased...