Word: churning
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Confidence and prosperity are the chicken-&-egg of economics. Does confidence turn the wheels, or do turning wheels churn up confidence? A.D. 1940 settled the second half of this dilemma: they don't necessarily. There never was a year in which Business had less confidence, or in which industry moved faster...
...good merely to snip out the ulcer and patch up the stomach or intestine. For the incorrigible stomach keeps on brewing its corrosive acid. Most authorities hold that the best procedure is to cut out "three-fourths to four-fifths of the stomach." Since the stomach is primarily a churn and a reservoir for big meals, it is possible to get along without it. Of course, said Dr. Abell, mortality rates for removal of most or all of the stomach are about 10%, but even so, the operation is worth trying...