Word: bunche
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Times ran daily dispatches under his byline, datelined St. Louis ("my back is aching"), Kansas City ("tell my mother I'm fine"), Tulsa ("I can hardly wait to crawl into bed") and points west. Hundreds of letters poured in from readers. Some upbraided the Hearst organization as a bunch of cheap skates. City Editor MacLellan, pleased with his cub's performance, grunted: "Why, I didn't realize until this week that the kid has cousins near Pasadena. That'll save him money...
Speculators, cried President Truman angrily, were to blame for much of the increase in food costs. But it was the Government's buying-in-a-bunch rather than spreading it out that helped make speculation a sure thing. So the U.S. had its first $2.95 a bushel cash corn in its history; its first $3 cash wheat in 27 years. When the Government temporarily stepped out of the market toward year's end, with most of the grain it needed by mid-1948 already bought, the price of May wheat futures dropped...
...wanted). Fathers joined families in morning strolls behind baby carriages, through the Villa Borghese pines or along the slopes beside the Appian Way. All the cafes were supposed to be tight shut. Some were, but near by was always another with its steel shutters invitingly half open. A bunch of youthful Communists, chilled by the biting wind, entered a bar in the Piazza Cavour to warm themselves with scab-brewed coffee, then rushed at a smaller bar across the square to force its shutters down...
...bunch of undefeated Bradley University speedsters with a knack for being in the right place at the right time spoiled what was the best-played game of the season for the varsity last night at the Garden by checking the Crimson 68 to 62. The boys from the Illinois corn belt led at the half...
...purpose economy of a hand-carved duck decoy which, used for hunting in season, doubles as a door stop in winter, spring, and summer. On their shelves also is a cellophane-wrapped circular bread board, strapped to which are a bottle of sherry decorated with a bunch of grapes, a wedge of cheese, and a loaf of crusty bread...