Word: bushel
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...Steelers 21-10 victory over Seattle meant current Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell won a bushel of apples from Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire. But for Rendell's likely challenger in the November election, this Steelers victory could mean a whole lot more...
...every bag of leaves collected from the lawn at the Hummingbird Inn in Goshen, Va. (up to a five-bag limit). The Kingsley House Bed & Breakfast in Fennville, Mich., is offering 2 gal. of gas (6 gal. maximum) for every gallon of apple cider or half bushel of apples you purchase at nearby Crane's apple orchards and Pie Pantry restaurant. And from November to March, the Inn at Cedar Falls in Logan, Ohio, will refund the price of a tank of gas (Sunday to Thursday) when guests fill up at a local station...
Fans send Rowling wands and quills by the bushel, but she admits, a bit shamefacedly, that she never actually uses them and that the wands go straight to her oldest daughter, Jessica. The most popular living fantasy writer in the world doesn't even especially like fantasy novels. It wasn't until after Sorcerer's Stone was published that it even occurred to her that she had written one. "That's the honest truth," she says. "You know, the unicorns were in there. There was the castle, God knows. But I really had not thought that that's what...
...town to do three life-changing deeds. They arrange an operation for a girl whose skull was shattered in a car accident. They help a boy get adopted. And they build a new football field in honor of a high school coach with leukemia. Grant dispenses hugs by the bushel, sheds tears and pulls out her guitar, twice, to sing her single, Takes a Little Time: "It takes a little time sometimes/ To get your feet back on the ground...
...Crimson (0-2, 0-0 Ivy) dropped its second straight game to start the season in frustrating fashion. Just as in its opening night loss to Notre Dame last Friday, Harvard had a higher shooting percentage than the opposition, only to be undone by a bushel of turnovers. The Crimson had 26 in all, and 13 in each half...