Word: carrot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carrot. One possible solution was proposed last week by Milliken and State Senator Gilbert Bursley of Ann Arbor, who drafted a bill that would increase state aid, but only if a district's voters agreed to increase their local school taxes. "This carrot," says Bursley, "may be enough for the voter to see the reward in voting for millage...
...Carrot, Big Stick...
French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann: "Hope is re-born." The French national radio called the bombing halt "the best news of the end of 1972," but scorned Washington's carrot-and-stick tactics...
Durable Experts. Others believe that certain foods can prevent or control disease. Honey is supposed to help those with cancer, pumpkin seeds those with prostate trouble. Beet juice is believed to benefit the blood, while carrot juice, it is claimed, helps dissolve cancers and heal ulcers. There must be some advantages to eating properly. Septuagenarian Gayelord Hauser, who has been writing about health for almost 50 years, is still going strong. In fact, a number of such experts have proved durable. Carleton Fredericks, 62, still has a following as does Jonnie Lee MacFadden, widow of Physical Culturist Bernarr MacFadden...
...Magritte's paintings make that point. Since most of the excellent reproductions in this book cover entire pages without frames of white space, the reader is thrust into the Belgian surrealist's enigmatic world. An immense rock floats in the sky, a bottle becomes a carrot, a coffin sits on a wall. Mercifully, the text is minimal, for Magritte's content is captivating beyond words...