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Studying his hillside corn, Farmer Stiles found that a yellow burn from the dry ground was creeping up the stalks. In his bottomland the stalks stood straighter and greener, but they were far too short for August corn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOOD: Dangerous Race | 8/30/1943 | See Source »

...Bottomland. Because Clarence Williams, Negro radio entertainer, is popular "on the air," he thought himself capable of presenting a successful Negro revue. This was a mistake. His show, full of poor white pretensions, ineffective gusto, and brown whirligigs will probably not last long enough to harm greatly his reputation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Plays in Mahattan: Jul. 11, 1927 | 7/11/1927 | See Source »

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