Word: strains
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Half the earth away, in the other Axis citadel of Japan, the strain of defeat and disappointment broke wide open in the fall of Premier Hideki Tojo's war Cabinet (see FOREIGN NEWS...
...whose complaint "is thought by the patient, her supervisor or her doctor to be due to the cumulative effect of her work." Her most successful remedies: 1) a transfer (e.g., giving a fat girl a sedentary job); 2) arranging for variety in monotonous work; 3) lessons in avoiding muscle strain; 4) reassurance that the job in question does not cause sterility...
...most trying experience since his painful vigil at Gibraltar during the early hours of the African invasion. At such times the carefully controlled Eisenhower temper bends under the strain; he hates uncertainty. All he could do now was to pace around headquarters, scribble memos to himself, a set habit at such times. One of his self-memos could stand as a masterpiece of military understatement: "Now I'd like a few reports." He doodled with his pencil, barked at his aides...
...first, penicillin was produced only in small flasks (relatively easy to protect against contamination) from a strain of the mold, Penicillium notatum. In Dr. Coghill's laboratory, mycologists developed new, heavier-yielding strains. They also found that the mold's growth could be greatly speeded in a brew of lactose made from skimmed milk and steep liquor made from corn...
...corridor; it took him three years to paint them. Painter Schriber made up for the loss in later Government work. One item: painting the White House. The thought of this job scares him a little; some 40 coats of white lead over the years must be quite a strain on the walls, he thinks...