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Word: shipkas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...science as Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Thomas Sloggett, who was director general of medical services to the British Army in the War, and the late George James Playfair, Baron Playfair, an outstanding medical scientist who used to cheer patients with an account of his part in the action at Shipka Pass in the Turkish War of 1877. While the exact process by which Bovril is distilled from meat is secret, Bovril, Ltd. has never attempted to conceal the fact that it takes 20 to 30 pounds of good lean beef to make one pound of Bovril. This circumstance is cunningly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Britain's Bottle | 2/1/1932 | See Source »

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