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Planted wherever lettuce will grow, celtuce grows with beanshoot speed. Its pale green stalk is tastiest eaten raw with salt. Best way to cook it: boiled, seasoned with salt & pepper, served with butter or "vinaigrette; or baked au gratin. The young leaves qualify for salads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Out of China | 3/23/1942 | See Source »

...most vigorous in C.I.O.'s prolific family, the electrical union had grown like a beanshoot under the smart leadership of young, tense James B. Carey, who is also secretary of C.I.O. and very close to C.I.O.'s ailing President Murray (wh hates Communism with a pungent, Catholic fervor). The electrical union was held up as an example to other, duller unions. Only one thing marred the picture. It was infested with Reds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Communists, Tough and Bold | 9/15/1941 | See Source »

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