Word: slow
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...exchange of correspondents in a broader way." For that, the editors gave him a big hand. Facile Ilya Ehrenburg, easily the star of the show, had his hosts goggle-eyed with admiration for the dexterous way he handled himself. Roundheaded General Galaktionov popped up for occasional slow, emphatic replies; dapper Author-Playwright Simonov sat in a smoldering haze of cigaret smoke and let his elders do the talking...
...Harvard Food Relief Committee hopes to work out proposals with. University officials whereby actual contributions of food or money will be turned over to the committee's funds if the student body should endorse a program of voluntary rationing. Response so far indicates that undergraduates will not be slow to show approval of a practical plan. Finally, the Committee intends to issue an appeal for contributions from all members of the University, students and faculty alike, and to the alumni. Leading off with a pledge of one thousand dollars, the Council furnishes an example of the generosity needed in this...
Harvard has been slow to get started. Reports from Bryn Mawr, Oberlin, and Wesleyan indicate that working programs are actually under way. Radcliffe has instituted a weekly light meal and eliminated desserts twice a week. But more should be possible here, where students are allotted 4200 calories per day compared to the 3500 calories established by dietitians as the daily requirement for the active man. Even the lower figure seems gluttonous beside the UNRRA's 1500 ealory minimum diet, which is still an ideal for many Europeans. Even casual reflection on these facts should prod the well-fed conscience...
...Giants, who were slow, but powerful at the plate. Everything depended on whether their new, $175,000 catcher, Walker Cooper, could steady a jittery pitching staff...
Malnutrition is slow starvation. Doctors agree that 1,500 calories a day (the U.S. Army gets 3,600) is rock-bottom if the body is to perform even the primary function of keeping alive. Below 1,500 calories the body begins to feed on itself. Fat layers between muscles and around vital organs disappear. Anemia sets in. As resistance is lowered, the system falls easy prey to tuberculosis, dysentery, blood poisoning...