Word: rubbers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...steel a month, especially for 5,000 tons a month of rare superhard tool steel;* for between 5,000 and 10,000 tons a month of aluminum; considerable quantities of nickel. The U.S. had to turn down a request for magnesium. Britain was asked for large supplies of rubber and jute...
...harelip, he cannot make the sounds p, m, f, v, w. Such people need surgical treatment, or perhaps a mechanical palate. Their main problem is to expel air through the mouth, not the nose. To learn this, they blow soap bubbles and rubber balloons, sometimes hold to their lips an "airflow indicator"-a gadget consisting of a wheel which revolves when air escapes from the mouth, a paper which flutters when air is exhaled from the nose...
...himself a member of the group. Among the signers were nine bishops, a dozen ministers, such top-flight laymen as longtime (1897-1939) A. F. of L. Secretary Frank Morrison, President, J. Peter Williams Jr. of Koppers Coal, Vice President Harvey S. Firestone Jr. of Firestone Tire & Rubber, Secretary E. C. Davison of the International Association of Machinists, Labor Consultant Spencer Miller Jr., Lawyer Charles P. Taft...
...endurance qualities; and of that it was too soon to judge. In field tests, the U.S. tanks had shown they could stand two or three times as much wear as European machines. The engines gave at least 200 hours of hard running between layups for repairs. The rubber treads, characteristic of U.S. tanks, lasted between 2,000 and 2,500 miles in desert tests, against a maximum of 800 for the best track Europe produces. Some reporters wrote that the British thought all-metal treads were better than rubber. The Ordnance Department was ready to bet that the British would...
Such a war would center in the South China Sea, since it is through these waters that we get most of our rubber, tungsten, manila hemp, tin and other essential raw materials. Likewise a large part of Japan's necessities flow over this route...