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...could no longer go to Germany, McLane found he could still make plenty of money there. To PX snack bars he sold, at 21.5? per qt., 250,000 qts. of chocolate milk monthly, all labeled "minimum butter fat content 2.6%." Independent tests in German laboratories showed it was actually skim milk that cost only 10^ per qt. to produce. Though he was forced to cut his price, McLane held on to orders for other dairy products, meat, fresh fruits and vegetables. As he blandly explained, he got and kept his contracts by bribing purchasing officials. Says he: "If you wanted...
...fourth grade, students absorb the alphabet and are taught how to use the dictionary-a technique which the jargon-prone experts call a "location skill." They are also taught to vary the pace of their reading and even to know when to skim. "Far too many children and adults," says Arthur I. Gates of Columbia University's Teachers College, "have habituated one speed of reading which they use on all materials and for all purposes...
...Adlai thought of making a simple statement that he was a candidate, but that might seem too wholly political. Perhaps he should explain, in a dignified manner, why he was running. And yet he did not want to skim the cream off his first post-announcement speech at the dinner. For two days, at his farm home in Libertyville, Ill., he labored over his pronouncement. Most of the time he worked alone, but on the second day he called in staff members and tried the statement on them. He decided it would not do, went to work on it again...
...Page is about the ideal weight for his 5 ft. 8 in.-and proud of it. One thing that helps keep him there is his token lunch, such as a bowl of clear soup and a gobbet of cottage cheese doused with ketchup, washed down with skim milk. Much of his exercise comes from running up and down stairs in the seven-floor lab building: it is quicker than waiting for an elevator and is good for the muscles in the leg arteries. In summer, Page plays singles tennis, but is careful to play only...
...eight-once glass of skim milk contains only 88 calories, 92 loss than regular milk, but it is also decidedly lacking in Vitamin A," Miss Russ said. The skim milk was added at the request of the 'Cliff Food Committee, formed by students last fall...