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...TIME, April 2): "Empty bellies sharpen memories." Do you suppose going hungry can sharpen their memories so they won't choose leaders in another 20 years who offer them conquest and riches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 23, 1945 | 4/23/1945 | See Source »

Empty bellies sharpen memories. In 1942 official propaganda promised that the U.S. would put aside part of each year's crop to meet Europe's relief needs, pledged enough U.S. food stocks to "win the war and write the peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMICS: Statesmen v. Housewives | 4/2/1945 | See Source »

Free to the public, the meet will be held in the afternoon at Briggs Cage and will help sharpen the team for more dual meets which have been scheduled for the latter half of January...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Team Will Face Rhode Island Runners | 12/22/1944 | See Source »

...China away from union with America and England, and, as they say, 'to return China into the bosom of East Asia.' They try to buy defeatists, capitulationists and appeasers, acting under the guise of promising the 'independence and sovereignty of China.' They seek indefatigably to sharpen China's inner discord and arouse civil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: The Bear's Paw | 7/31/1944 | See Source »

Zenith Radio Corp. gave out some deafening whoops last week in praise of its new cut-rate hearing aid. Zenith believes that this new $40 device (good hearing aids now cost from $100 to $200) will sharpen the ears of 10,000,000 deaf U. S. citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Only $40 a Pound | 10/4/1943 | See Source »

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