Word: rawness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Fritz Leo, German: "I have seen bodies with the livers removed for food. I have seen many bodies with the ears cut off, parts of cheeks, shoulders, arms, back and even parts of sexual organs cut off for food, either eaten raw or cooked later...
Quickie strikes abound, and an Army officer recently complained that the holidaying Koreans had thought up a Fifth Freedom - freedom from work. Absentee ism can easily be overcome, but raw materials must come from the north (again, the 38th parallel...
Trade with France will not amount to much at first. It is restricted to products which will help France rebuild its economy: e.g., machine tools, spare parts, raw materials, etc. Furthermore, traders are limited to shipments weighing not more than five tons, nor worth more than $20,000. Larger shipments will continue to be handled by the French Government's pur chasing missions...
Manufacturers protested. They claimed that they needed at least a 15% hike in prices to cover higher labor and raw-material costs. Distributors squawked that they would be squeezed out of business...
Within weeks, perhaps within days, foreign traders will know the answer to a question they have mulled for three and a half years: how long would it take after war's end for raw materials from the Orient to reach the U.S.? Some guesses last week...