Word: citrus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Should she stay in show biz or should she go to Africa and be a medical missionary? After all, she has been giving injections to grapefruits, practicing for the day when she can inoculate a native without flinching. Should all that citrus go to waste? Helping and hindering her in her decision are Ricardo Montalban as a priest, Greer Garson as her mother prioress and Ed Sullivan as himself. Sullivan, who has but two expressions, intense pain and acute embarrassment, gets ample opportunity to display both...
...Price of Fat Dogs. Deutschmarks never change hands in the ransom deals. Ulbricht & Co. prefer to tap the cornucopia of West German industry for trucks and spare parts, and coffee, butter and citrus fruit, which East Germany considers "luxury" consumer goods. With time, a pricing system has evolved. Young prisoners such as Zippel and Trochim can be sprung for 15,000 Deutschmarks ($3,750), while the dicke Hünde (fat dogs) convicted of subversion and espionage pull down as much as $10,000 apiece...
...announcer at the launching pad introduced Sen. Howard Cannon (D-Nev.), Reps. George Miller (D-Cal.) and Don Brown (D-Cal), and Presidential assistant Jack Valenti, who had escorted a party of foreign diplomats, Shirley Maclaine was there incognito. Miss Florida Citrus strolled in front of the stands...
With the diverse interests of the organization's members-from Maine potato growers to Florida citrus farmers, California orchardists to Wisconsin dairymen, and hog, peanut, cotton, livestock, wheat, rice and corn growers scattered in between-it is a wonder that Shuman is able to make a coherent presentation on anything. Yet surveys by farm magazines show that a majority of the Farm Bureau's members approve of the organization's policies as articulated by Shuman...
...change to its basic product, Alka-Seltzer-an efferescent antacid compound of aspirin, bicarb of soda, citric acid and mono-calcium phosphate. It has added to its traditional blue-labeled bottle handy tinfoil packs of Alka-Seltzer that can fit into pocket or purse, is test-marketing ginger-and citrus-flavored versions of the tablet. To convince people that they do not have to drink a gallon of water with Alka-Seltzer, the company is also suggesting in its ads that they adopt the habit of downing Alka-Seltzer "on the rocks," with only a touch of water...