Word: rawness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Omaha and Wichita were sizzling over an article in the magazine entitled "Profile of America," which had somehow reached the Midwest in translation. Describing the prairie land, it said: "The people in it are almost exclusively farmers. . . . Industry is almost nonexistent. Raw materials and fabricated goods must be imported from other states. . . . The climate of the region is very dry and it sometimes happens that a drought lasts for ten years...
Gaudiest spenders were the burnoosed Saudi Arabians, who swished tirelessly in & out of department stores (for dozens of bolts of raw silks, fine woolens, chiffons), men's shops (for socks, shirts, $25 hand-painted neckties), women's stores (for nightgowns, the filmier the better...
...Italian Manner. Italy is in dire need of coal, raw materials, and food. The Allies are doing all they can to help Italy, but that may not be enough. A top Cabinet member said that the situation may be so serious in a few months that the Communists might decide the time was ripe for revolt. The Communist Party is growing, and many of the new members are ex-Fascists...
...AMGOT Libera Nos. But the A.M.G. was worried by the threat of leftist revolution. While it approved C.N.L. local administrations, it frowned on the taking over of factories. It threatened to cut off supplies of coal and other desperately needed raw materials if its wishes were not obeyed...
Mechanical training devices have helped turn millions of raw recruits into an expert army & navy, at a saving of thousands of lives, years of man-hours, millions of dollars. Some of these devices, already adopted by some civilian schools, are bound to have an effect on future vocational training and much liberal arts schooling as well...