Word: brush
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Even the Chinese, who are among the best farmers in the world, do not use their land to full advantage. Chinese farmers make the most of the plains and valley bottoms, but only in a few parts of the country do they farm the hillsides. These grow grass and brush, which are desperately needed for fuel. If the Chinese could mine and distribute their coal, they could turn the hillsides into productive pastures and orchards. This single item, according to one estimate, would add 10% to China's food supply...
...office is in a corner of the depot. Gus explained: "I've got a table and two chairs. Nothing to lock up except the cash drawer, and I wouldn't do that except you're supposed to." During the war, though, Marshall Pass had a brush with the enemy. Said Gus: "I don't like to mention his name. He's in Leavenworth now. He was up there, and well, I could see he wasn't doing what he said he was doing. Never mind, I just knew. I turned...
Charles de Gaulle, first grandchild of Le Grand Charles, left the Dijon hospital where he arrived three weeks ago. Posing with his parents, Philippe and Henriette Marie, he appeared completely poised at his first brush with photographers...
That revolt could be dated roughly from October 1947, when President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights dropped a match into the dry and prickly underbrush of Southern pride and fear. Franklin Roosevelt had always been careful to keep any such brush fires from spreading. He had imposed FEPC in 1941 by executive order, as a temporary wartime measure, which had angered the South. The South had flared up over Mrs. Roosevelt's well-meaning efforts on behalf of the Negro. But F.D.R., who did more to impose federal authority on the states than any man since Lincoln...
Five in Camp. The five camped for a while near the damaged plane. Hitchhiker Scalise made an emergency shelter of brush and parachute cloth. The Spam sandwiches intended for lunch lasted five days. Weatherbeaten Sergeant Scalise became cook. His tin helmet made a fine cooking...