Word: rawness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they had been fed a diet which included Norwegian shrimp. The war forced substitution of New Orleans shrimp. This spring the long-stemmed birds emerged from winter quarters ruddier than ever. Their complete diet: a mixture of chopped green 'peppers, cod liver oil, fresh New Orleans shrimp, grated raw carrots, dried Mexican flies, dog biscuit, rice and brewer's yeast...
...committee. Nathan was one of the few New Dealers who demanded billions of dollars for the war effort when the services couldn't see how they could use millions. Profiting by the lessons of the war, he was one who fought vigorously to expand the nation's raw material supply when the services went hog-wild in building plants to produce munitions for which they couldn't get the raw materials. The services had overruled Nathan and the men who stood with him. They had had their way with each successive, fumbling war board, right down...
...Just redistribution of the earth's goods and raw materials...
Cold Cure. Whether the chill is caused by hours in cold water or minutes in freezing air, the treatment is to handle the injured flesh gently, keep it cold, sprinkle sulfanilamide on all raw spots, and very gradually bring temperature back to normal. In this way, Royal Canadian Navy surgeons made a fine record in treating 150 North Atlantic survivors exposed from 30 hours to 22 days: there were only seven amputations. In England, doctors keep the affected parts in cold water. The Canadians have evolved a refrigerating unit with leg openings like prisoners' stocks, so that a patient...
...Raw sugar imports from January to mid-April totaled 900,000 tons v. only 696,922 tons for the year before...