Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...closing hours, Louisiana's 57-year-old Allen Ellender hung up a filibuster record by mumbling for twelve hours 20 minutes, the longest time any Senator had ever talked without relief. "I underwent a dehydration process for two days before I spoke," the Senator explained with the pride of a gabby flagpole-sitter. He refueled himself during his performance with nothing more than two glasses of water, one glass of orange juice, seven chocolate bars and a few tablets for his throat...
Living on relief, she did not even apply for an allowance for her new son. To Gerald's half brothers and half sister, he was her sister's child; from their mother's behavior, they learned to treat him as someone different and shameful. To anyone who might catch a glimpse of Gerald playing on the third-floor back porch (dressed in girl's clothing), he was Mrs. Sullivan's own daughter. He had the run of the apartment when the family was home, but he was never allowed out on the street, never went...
...begin with, nearly a million had seen the collection in Washington last March and April. Then the U.S. Army sent it on tour (TIME, May 10), and another million in twelve cities had had a look-paying some $290,000 (to be used as relief for needy German children) for the privilege. In St. Louis alone, a record 227,414 jammed the City Art Museum during an 18-day exhibition, outdoing even the Manhattan attendance by some 90,000. This week in Toledo the collection is making its final appearance before being returned to Germany...
...Great Hour (Sat. 10 p.m., CBS-ABC-Mutual). Appeal for the interdenominational drive for $10 million for world relief, featuring President Truman and Hollywood stars (see RELIGION...
...British Council of the Medical Women's Federation asked 300 doctor-mothers: Is relief of pain in childbirth necessary? The overwhelming response, reported by the British Medical Journal: yes. Of 196 who replied, 184 were in favor of drugs in the delivery room; only eight were definitely against. The women who answered had a combined experience of 425 confinements. Of these, 66% were in hospitals or nursing homes, where it is easier to relieve pain; only 28% were at home.* But 21% to 36% wanted more relief from pain than they...