Word: bumper
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bitter Struggle. China has no food surplus to live on during this inevitable drop in farm output. Nature was kind to the Communists during Mao's first three years in power. There were bumper harvests. But last year the Chinese mainland was beset by floods, drought, pests, wind and hail. In the cities there was rationing, and in isolated areas people starved. Peasants roamed into cities-20.000 into Mukden and Anshan in one month-to get jobs and food. In Peking, guards had to drive away 5,000 peasants. Chou En-lai himself unhappily gave the lie at home...
CORN FARMERS are looking for another bumper crop and lower prices this fall despite government attempts to cut down surpluses. Many farmers whose wheat and cotton plantings were cut by quotas increased corn planting to the point where 1954's acreage will be almost as high as last year's 81,037,000 acres. The estimated crop of 3.1 billion bu. will be on top of the present 750 million bu. carryover...
...government tried early this year to bring foreign trade back into balance by boosting duties on all imports 25%. When the trade deficit kept getting worse and capital showed signs of taking flight northward, officials decided that they could not wait for this summer's expected bumper cotton and coffee crops to save the situation. Last week the government abruptly announced a devaluation of the Mexican peso-from 8.65 to 12.50 to the dollar...
...team to enter the ring. Instead, when the gate opened, in drove Franklin, a broad grin on his tanned face, at the wheel of his Chrysler station wagon. The crowd watched in stunned silence as Franklin roped the bull's horns and tied the rope to the rear bumper. Back at the wheel, he towed the bull around the arena amidst an uproar of catcalls, hoots and laughter. Then he drove out. Three times that afternoon, Franklin drove into the ring and hauled away the carcass...
...that the Air Force has realized its budget will not justify overproduction of non-flying officers, it has cut AFROTC enrollment. This year's bumper crop of college seniors is the last, and the commissioning problem will not occur again. With little extra expense and a temporary Defense Department exception on the service's officer quota, the Air Force could honor its commitment. The AFROTC's over-recruitment four years ago should not hold back the commissions which these three thousand officer-candidates desire and deserve...