Word: thinner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...streets of Berlin, hope grew thinner, as did the long-familiar, reassuring roar of the airlift planes. The three Western commandants asked their Military Governments to make Berlin a long-term loan of $136 million. Before flying to Washington last week, where he is seeking new recruits for the fast-dwindling U.S. occupation staff, High Commissioner John McCloy promised Mayor Reuter that he would try to get direct Marshall Aid for Berlin. The U.S. expected the city's defense to continue costing money...
Spread Thin. Having spread the facts on the record, Armour Laboratories began spreading the short supply of ACTH thinner than ever. Contracts were signed with 45 leading hospitals and clinics across the U.S. To qualify for a tiny share of the priceless powder (it is not for sale), each institution must show that it has the staff and equipment to carry out carefully controlled experiments...
...Thinner Meat. Britons were freed of some other Spartan restrictions. Wilson eased gasoline rations to allow 810 miles of "pleasure-motoring" during the summer (the former quota was 540 miles). As soon as circumstances permitted, Wilson promised a "bonfire of controls...
...week also brought a blow for Britons. Argentina, which supplies nearly a third of Britain's meat, had cut deliveries. This meant that Britain's meat ration, already thinner than a slice of boardinghouse beefsteak, would be cut by another...
...were usually officers and noncoms and enlisted men were found generally among the thinner group...