Word: normality
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...some cases the Germans may not have hit where they thought, but, other places have also been bombed, by accident, by bombers in a hurry to unload and start for home. In these bombings according to British admission 336 civilians were killed and 476 seriously wounded, less than a normal month's toll in traffic accidents...
...sleep technique for steelheads. The fish are taken from the traps, dunked in a solution of two parts of ether to 100 parts of water. Inert after a minute or two, they are easily stripped with practically no loss of eggs or milt. Then they are returned to their normal water, are soon as sprightly as ever. Hatchery superintendents believe that ether anesthesia will enable them to work with smaller crews next spring...
Public Vocational Schools: Normal output: 500,000 machinists, etc. a year. To be enrolled for short emergency courses in the next year: 750,000 additional...
Having taken three inches off his tremendous waistline in the last three months, British Cinema Director Alfred Hitchcock, now down to a mere 250 pounds (from 292), explained how he did it: not just by eating one normal meal a day instead of three huge ones, but by the mental anguish caused by the constant thought of the food he was missing...
...capital's spine against this hazard, the White House announced a new policy. Treasury, Defense Advisory Commission and Federal Loan Agency all agreed that capital outlays for Defense may be written off the owner's books, in the tax returns, at 20% a year (far higher than normal depreciation rates in most manufacturing industries). By reducing their taxable profits on war goods, this depreciation rate will keep many manufacturers out of the higher brackets of an excess-profits...