Word: diminish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Seeking the facts about the Atlantic Seaboard gasoline shortage caused by the transfer of 50 U.S. tankers to Britain, a Senate subcommittee last week heard that 1) there is no shortage yet, 2) any possible shortage will diminish after Christmas, 3) by next April the U.S. may have a tanker surplus...
...over oil sales to Japan, much increased in recent months. Up to now, the State Department has appeased Japan by approving these sales, ignored agitation against such aid to an Axis partner. Ickes has no such tenderness for the Japanese. Thus, for the first time, the power to diminish Japan's oil supply lies in the hands of a man who dislikes her. Backed by President Roosevelt's growing reluctance to let war materials cross the Pacific, Ickes may begin his dictatorship by pulling the hoses out of Japanese tankers...
...bucket, it contains much dissolved oxygen. In raw milk, bacteria then consume most of the oxygen. But pasteurization removes most of the bacteria, so the oxygen content of pasteurized milk remains high. Oxidation of the fat content may then cause papery, oily, metallic or tallowy flavors; worse, it may diminish the natural proportion of vitamin C. Obvious answer, proposed by scientists at Cornell University: take the air out of the milk. They announced development of vacuum equipment which de-aerates 1,500 quarts...
...Conference's discussion was war: how to keep rising prices from skyrocketing, whether national defense would increase or diminish the supply of consumer goods. The most significant address had little concern with the war. It was a "preview" of 1940's census results (TIME, Sept. 30) by Vergil D. Reed, assistant director and bright idea man of the Census Bureau. He i) smartly summed up the effect of population shifts on distribution, 2) described the trends in retail sales (mostly up), 3) brought out facts from the first complete nose count of U. S. time-sales companies. Sample...
...maintain their balance. No pride in their eyes now. . . . The buffalo was.swaying in his crate, with a wandering look in his eye and ears laid back, like a mute trying to make a speech. . . . The hyena dribbled, ate, vomited, and ate again; no sickness, still less any discomfort could diminish his voracity. The panther lay huddled in a corner of her cage, with staring fur and a look of mystery in her eyes. . . . Can the sufferings of animals reveal what is going on in their dim souls...