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...warm, sticky lowlands of the north, sugar cane was being cut. But for the most part, it was off season on the Argentine farm. In the windy, wintry south, the sheep huddled together in the snow. Green shoots of winter wheat sprouted from the rich, central pampas. Wealthy landowners followed regional cattle shows, and farmhands pitched steers' vertebrae at a stake in a game called taba...
Twice since 1900 the Hawaiian sugar industry has been seriously threatened by bugs: 1) the sugar-cane leaf hopper was brought under control by parasites imported from New Guinea, Australia and China; 2) the anomola beetle was eventually laid low by a bug from Manila. A dramatic victory was won over the voracious avocado mealy bug, a native of Mexico. One of his old enemies was brought over from Mexico, and now both bug and parasite have disappeared...
...walk away cane" equipped with a suction cup to hold the stick vertical while the stroller walks away...
Some Argentines will remember Messersmith-he was consul general in Buenos Aires in 1928. They will remember a stubby man with a cocky gait, invariably armed with a cane and wearing a flower in the buttonhole of his well-draped coat. Other foreign embassies around the world remember him for his unbending ways and a cold manner punctuated by discreet belches; he is dyspeptic...
...Bells of St. James's. Richmond's lawns were greening when he arrived in Virginia next day by train. There was a cold drizzle. Winston Churchill pulled a short raincoat over his striped trousers and black coat and got into an open car, gripping a gold-headed cane, puffing a cigar, grinning at the crowds from under his black Homburg. He raised his hand in the familiar V-sign. His old friend Ike Eisenhower was with him. As their car swished along the wet streets, the bells of St. James's Church pealed out God Save...