Word: alfalfa
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...acreage set aside under PIK. Some such seeds are already in short supply. Says Bob Reichert, a spokesman for DeKalb-Pfizer Genetics, a major seed producer: "Corn, soybean and sorghum seeds will suffer, but our Sudax, a sorghum sudan grass seed, is almost sold out, and our nitrogen-fixing alfalfa blends are in good demand. That eases the impact...
...Jerry West probably never really was-and certainly never wanted to be-"Zeke from Cabin Creek [W. Va.].") When asked the condition of a busted thumb or punctured cheekbone, Bird naturally replies: "Broke." Long, loose-limbed and 25, he shambles when he walks. His hair is as ruly as alfalfa and his complexion as adolescent as measles. From top to bottom, a distance measured to be 6 ft. 9 in., Bird could not be whiter if he were a professional blood donor. His yellow mustache suggests a gulp of buttermilk...
Inside the spa building, in a small windowless room, an uptight, burned-out, more-fat-than-fit East Coast Type A female is submitting to an herbal wrap. A cup of alfalfa-mint tea precedes mummification. She sweats to the faint chimes of "music to relax and meditate by." The East Coast Type A resents being told to relax. The ranch's resident psychotherapist, Richard ("Bud") Murphy, will later tell her, "Many people come here seeking withdrawal from something-food, a bad marriage, personal problems, smoking-but they feel ambivalent and resist change...
...sale in 60% of the chain's 6,500 units by year's end. Rival Burger King is now selling a sandwich-style version of veal parmigiana. And Jack in the Box has a growing line of Supreme sandwiches, including ham, bacon, lettuce and tomato garnished with alfalfa sprouts and served on whole wheat bread...
...every evening cool air formed in the swales and spread protectively over the young plants. The moisture choked the grasshopper hatch. Tornadoes and hail, which can claw the land raw in seconds, never materialized. Out of 25 summer thunderstorms, only one was manly enough to ruffle the oats and alfalfa of Adair County...