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...next day we went east, riding in an Army truck accompanied by Father Megan. Trees on the road had been peeled of their bark. Peasants dry and powder the elm bark and then cook it. They also eat leaves, straw roots, cottonseed and water reed...
...possible to manufacture B vitamins and high-grade protein in hours rather than the months it would take to produce meat." Turula is a yeast, not of the baking or brewing varieties, grown by germ culture methods in sugar or molasses. It may be served as a soup, powder, flake or paste, may be sprinkled on porridge, spread on bread, mixed with other foods. Its flavor is cautiously described as "palatable." It is rich in protein, carbon and sulfur, has a high vitamin B content...
Physics B students were privileged to read a mimeographed copy telling of the new discovery. "The color exhibited by many specimens of the new element is a surface phenomenon and is usually due to a closely adhering powder. Some varieties tend to form Anne-ions, others Cat-ions...
...true that Lend-Lease sent goods to Bermuda against Bermuda's wishes, shipped beer and powder puffs as war supplies? Wrong, said Mr. Stettinius: the U.S. has no Lend-Lease dealings with Bermuda, never shipped a can of beer or a powder puff. (Possible origin of the rumor: to fill empty space on a Lend-Lease ship to North Africa, the Government sent some rayon stockings, sold them for cash, used the francs to buy hemp and cork...
...fluid" catalyst are forced under 10-lb. pressure through tiny holes into a reaction chamber at a temperature of around 800-975° F. In scant seconds the oil is cracked and the mixture-vapors, gases and carbon-coated catalyst-moves up through cyclone separators where the powder is dropped into a spent catalyst chamber. From there it flows into a regeneration chamber where a stream of air burns off the carbon at a temperature of 1,000-1,150° F. The powder, still moving, is cleaned of remaining gases in more cyclone separators and an electrostatic (Cottrell) precipitator...