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...months. Under the watchful eyes of four religious service committees (Brethren, Quaker, Mennonite and Unitarian), these "human guinea pigs" of some ten denominations have lived in the South Tower of the University of Minnesota stadium, undergoing scientific experiments in semistarvation. This week they were starting a three-month buildup, the final stage in a year's program. Purpose: to determine the physical and mental effects of starvation on normally healthy men from 19 to 33, and to find ways of best utilizing food from the limited resources available for the starving populations of war-stricken countries...
...buildup of the prestige of German women, who should be given the chief role in handling relief and education...
Jennifer Jones, Oscar-winning cinemactress, who postponed a divorce for 2½ years because of urgent studio warnings that it might sully her spotless buildup for The Song of Bernadette, finally filed suit in Los Angeles against Cinemactor Robert Walker...
...told, the buildup seldom costs less than $40,000 (Glenn Miller needed $60,000; Artie Shaw $65,000). During the costly prestige-building months, the weekly take is small. But once the film, radio and record contracts start rolling in, the reckoning is in five figures...
Nothing about Gunder ("The Onetime Wunder") Hägg's trip to the U.S. had run on schedule. He had arrived from Sweden four weeks ago on a big buildup and rubbery legs. He promptly lost three races while trying to nurse his soft calf muscles back into shape. Last week, gangling Gunder finally salvaged a blue ribbon...