Word: squeezees
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Many a young English novel today is obsessed with the fear of war, Fascism, Communism, Democracy's collapse, neurosis. Allegorical figures of Fascism, Communism, Democracy wrestle semi-essay-istically, through Wellsian plots, with a hero nebulous enough to squeeze at last into some sort of mystical bomb shelter. Such...
During the War Britain was also anxious to win the loyalty, brains and financial support of her Jewry, and part of the price she paid was the promise of a Jewish national home in Palestine, then as now preponderantly populated by Arabs.* But as of last week it was more...
Nevertheless, the price of spot cotton last week was up to 9½?, highest level in nearly two years, and 1½? above the price of cotton for delivery after the new crop starts to move in August. The shortage has become so serious that the British spinners in Lancashire...
On trays in millions of Japanese homes last week the lower jaws of billions of fat worms were steadily spinning filaments of silk. This valuable regurgitation has gone on in Japan for centuries but rarely has it been such a source of interest to the outside world. For in the...
These two facts do not fully account for the tightness of the squeeze. Figures for raw silk consumption in Japan show about a 20% increase which has been attributed to the fact that Japan has restricted cotton (and partially restricted wool and rayon) to army use only. But Japanese production...