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...toothbrushes-but only 35.1% of dentifrices (salt and bicarbonate of soda, said Joe Weiner, are just-as-good substitutes). They could do with 58.3% of packaged medicines but not without 107.2% of sanitary napkins ("with women entering industry to a greater extent, it is not possible to revert to improvised methods and materials"). They required no paper facial tissues but 92.1% of toilet paper. (The report said its use "has increased considerably since...
Freshman Mike Fansler will revert to the guard position he started out at earlier in the season, and Don Lutze whose ankle, injured at Wisconsin, is not yet completely sound, will be on the sidelines. Hugh Hyde and Bunks Burditt round out the lineup...
...when temporary stars fall from generals like Cinderella's finery at midnight, Lieut. General Eisenhower (who became a brigadier general only a year ago) and Major General Handy will revert to lieutenant colonel and major respectively, with the right to run a regiment and a battalion. Until then, they have their turn at making history and making their stars stick...
...film rights revert after seven years, and only one film can be made...
...jobs and bumping noggins. A passing boat or plane apparently justifies time off to estimate cargo, judge tonnage and type, etc., etc. . . . Recently, having sighted no sparks from welding operations atop a gun platform, I investigated to find a six-man crap game in hot progress. Most explanations revert to a common basis: "We gotta wait for the other...