Word: supported
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conclusion: "We should cut down on our sugar consumption, particularly candy. We should be careful about sugar in forms that remain in the mouth because of their physical properties." Along with his findings, Dr. Shaw also reported that his work has stopped. Reason: the Sugar Research Foundation withdrew its support...
...Meerloo accepts the popular view that drinking on an empty stomach is risky; food slows the absorption of alcohol into the blood (but fruit, which produces alcohol during digestion, aggravates the problem). He also gives some support to the gagsters who insist that it isn't the whisky in a highball that does the damage but the soda-carbonation, he says, speeds the passage of alcohol through the stomach and into the blood...
...first time since the advent of TV, restrained programing of the type exploited by Max Rothman is on the upswing all over the U.S. Thanks in large part to the nation's hi-fi hysteria, the air waves now support 537 FM stations (against 521 TV stations) for the estimated 13 million sets in use. In the past two months FCC has made 22 grants for new FM stations, and 47 more are under construction. Several, like WFLN in Philadelphia, WEAW in Evanston, Ill., have expanded to AM to make their outlets better-paying propositions. Biggest single FM boom...
STEEPER AIR FARES are almost assured for 1958. CAB's problem is when and how to grant raise without raising ire of Congressmen who opposed boost. Majority of board is convinced that present rate scale, little changed in ten years, cannot support lines...
Losses cannot be cut by self-policing alone. One reason is that virtually no laws apply to the control of welfare and pension funds. To fill the gap, Democratic Senator Paul H. Douglas introduced a bill to police the funds that has wide bipartisan support. The bill calls for registration with the Labor Department of every welfare and pension plan in the U.S., requires full disclosure of fund finances in some 250,000 annual reports, provides criminal penalties for failure to do so. It is solidly backed by the Administration. Says Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell: "These private plans...