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...conglomerate Russian-led army of Chinese, Mongolians, Koreans and Japanese is posted along the north Manchurian frontier. Numbers and organization unknown, they form a reservoir of indoctrinated troops who can be used in their native lands whenever necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DANGER ZONES: 150,000 Big Noses | 10/16/1950 | See Source »

There are other advantages, said Drs. Gardner and Hale: the patient's own blood is better for him than that of any donor, and blood pumped back into the body toward the heart through an artery, instead of a vein, puts no extra burden on the heart. Their reservoir setup, they said, "may be likened to an accessory heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Draining the Patient | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

With the Scoharie Reservoir overflowing yesterday, Howell shifted his attack to the Westchester region. The Croton reservoir received only .14 inches of rainfall on Thursday, while Scoharie absorbed .8. Reservoirs now hold 78.5 percent of capacity, as compared to 97 percent at this time last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Howell Discounts Role in New York's Recent Rains | 4/22/1950 | See Source »

...point which its investigation brought out. One of the "fundamental causes" of small business failure was a lack of investment capital, said Taft & Herter. This was due mainly to the "high tax rates on middle and higher incomes," and the double taxation of dividends. Said the Republicans: "The best reservoir of equity capital should be the direct investment of millions of small-income savers .. . directly encouraged by [lower taxes and] elimination of double taxation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ECONOMY: Just One Flaw | 4/3/1950 | See Source »

...Expert and irreplaceable ordnance workers have been fired from the Rock Island and Watervliet arsenals, have drifted to other jobs. Gone was a priceless reservoir of talent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATIONAL DEFENSE: Man of the Hour | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

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