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...fading of the power of which it is a symbol, the British monarchy has gained in stature as a symbol of constancy in the middle of adversity and uncertainty. It is a symbol to which Englishmen have been able to cling without rigidifying their thinking or giving up social and economic experimentation; it is just the kind of symbol that the free world needs at this time...
Crumbs Needed. It is easy to add to a soil the chemicals that plants need, but every farmer knows that this is not enough. The soil must also have a good "structure," i.e., its particles must cling together in crumblike "aggregates." Without such crumbs, a soil containing much clay or silt will "slake" when wet, turning into sticky mud. Then as it dries, it develops a hard, dense crust that kills seedlings, resists tillage, and keeps needed water and air from penetrating the surface...
...Clinging Threads. When Krilium is mixed with sticky mud, its long threadlike molecules cling to the bits of clay, binding them strongly together. The mud turns into a mass of spongy crumbs. It takes very little Krilium to do the trick. In some cases, .02% is enough to turn a problem soil into a tractable one. One treatment lasts for at least 2½ years (the age of the oldest test plots), probably much longer...
...Said Eccles: "I have been against the wage freeze. Bad chancellors resort to it as drunkards cling to lampposts, not to light themselves on their way but to conceal their own instability...
...combination of good form and easy friendliness. He certainly knows how to put things so that the cloth-capped worker will understand them, and has a gift for the happy phrase. Eccles on wage controls: "... I have been against the wage freeze. Bad chancellors resort to it as drunkards cling to lampposts, not to light themselves on their way but to conceal their own instability." Some of the older Tories look down their noses at Eccles as a brash publicity hunter. The truth is that he is a very good man whose reputation is likely to spread all over...