Word: bushelful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have a totally different pair. One of Ford's great strengths has been a lack of jealousy in wielding power. When he made his bid to be minority leader in the House, Ford told his fellow Republicans that "no man's light will be hidden under a bushel." For nine years he lived up to that pledge. At the other end of things is Rockefeller, whose sense of what is appropriate now is fine-tuned. A few hours after his swearing-in, the Vice President mused to friends that gaining public attention was something that not only...
...panicky export buying that in the past has done much to push up U.S. food prices. Foreign buying so far has been no more than moderate, but enterprising Japanese buyers have approached a number of farmers in downstate Illinois and offered to purchase soybeans for $1 a bushel above the going market price (currently...
...light will be hidden under a bushel," Ford assured his fellow Congressmen. "Every Republican will have a voice in decision making and a chance to make a name for himself." Ford gave credit where it was due, took less than his share and made friends in both parties. No arm twister, he was a patter and a hugger. "It's the damndest thing," mused Louisiana's Democratic Congressman Joe D. Waggonner Jr. "Jerry just puts an arm around a colleague or looks him in the eye, says, 'I don't need your vote,' and gets it." Adds Edward F. Derwinski...
Says Tip O'Neill: "He was a flame under a bushel basket...
Until Maury Wills started stealing bases by the bushel for the 1962 Dodgers, everyone in baseball thought Ty Cobb's modern record of 96 thefts in a single season was untouchable. Now anyone who assumes that Wills' mark of 104 is beyond reach must count again. Last week, not quite halfway through the season, St. Louis Cardinal Leftfielder Lou Brock stole his 50th base, putting him 28 games ahead of Wills' 1962 pace. As if that were not enough, Brock has collected those steals in only 56 attempts, for an astonishing success rate...