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Word: citrus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...partly for his excellent connections in the Demo-Christian Party. But the foundation of Nino's respectability was the fact that he was boss of the "Mafia of the Gardens"-the section of the world-famous Sicilian criminal syndicate that "protects" Palermo's fruit marketmen and citrus growers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Sicilian Blood | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

...farm machinery. Stripped in 1948 of his autocratic rule by the establishment of independent India, Yadavindra happily assumed the responsibilities of his new role as a salaried civil servant ($105,000 a year plus an allowance of $250,000), devoting his days to the raising of giant squashes and citrus trees, and his evenings to planning the political future of his state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: The Prince & the Drones | 7/16/1956 | See Source »

...Medfly" is no laughing matter. Its last visit in 1929 cost millions. It was eradicated in 18 months, but only after 75% of Florida's citrus crop had been destroyed. This year's crop is practically all harvested, but if the fly hangs around until next year, it will get a crack at a crop worth half a billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Invading Medfly | 6/18/1956 | See Source »

...Orlo L. Prior of Miami, who found a maggoty grapefruit in his backyard. Not until April 22 was the discovery publicly announced, and by then the fly had made considerable progress. It has now moved northward into Palm Beach County, and has been reported from Alcoma, in the citrus belt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Invading Medfly | 6/18/1956 | See Source »

...Spain. The cold wave which had paralyzed southern Europe swept down over the Pyrenees and deposited a blanket of frost which chilled to the bone millions of lightly dressed Spaniards living in unheated homes and, far worse, ruined the crops on hundreds of thousands of olive, almond and citrus trees. Hardest hit was Valencia, where the thermometer registered an all-time low of 16°, and some 400,000 tons of oranges were frozen into balls of ice as they hung on the trees. Surveying the damage last week, Spanish syndicates estimated a loss of $50 million in citrus exports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: The Big Freeze | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

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