Word: shocked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...considered eminent enough to win this privilege: Dr. Bela Schick, inventor of the Schick test for diphtheria immunity (not to be confused with Jacob Schick, inventor of the Schick razor); Nobelman George Hoyt Whipple, co-discoverer of the liver treatment for anemia; Dr. Manfred Sakel, originator of the insulin shock treatment for schizophrenia; Dr. Benjamin Philp Watson, head of Columbia's Sloane Hospital for Women...
Aside from the drastic effect of this action on U.S. consumers (see p. 13), the commandeering meant curtains for most of the 500 U.S. silk-hosiery manufacturers, their 97,000 employes. Another 78,000 workers in silk textile lines faced work curtailment. To mitigate the shock, OPM last week ordered rayon producers to allocate 10% of their output to silk mills. Only the finest rayon will do for hosiery, and it is hard...
...pause, though it seemed to be a fizzling of the second offensive, would probably lead to a third offensive. Certainly one of the contributing reasons for this pause was that the Germans were bringing fresh troops into action. According to reports, some 50 new divisions moved up to replace shock troops worn out by five weeks of fighting...
Adolf's Pride. The Germans cabled to the U.S. a picture which they said showed some Nazi shock troops proudly holding a Russian battle flag which they had captured in bitter fighting. Anyone who could read Russian could see that the flag was a Boy Scout pennant. Its inscription: Be Prepared-Be Prepared...
...electrical coils were woven. The new suits are lighter and cheaper than the sheepskin garments now used, and they leave a flier nimbler at his controls and guns. Heat can be adjusted for outside temperatures from 70° to -60°, can be increased to protect injured fliers from shock and pneumonia. General Electric analyzed the electrically heated uniform of a German flier shot down over England, found it so inefficient as to be nigh worthless...