Word: corn
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Died. Franklin Delavergne Jones, 65, Pennsylvania chemist who in 1944 discovered the nation's most widely used herbicide, 2, 4-D; of cancer; in Philadelphia. Experimenting with synthetic plant hormones, Jones found that one killed broad-leaved plants instead of stimulating growth, leaving such narrow-leaved plants as corn unscathed; it soon became the standard ingredient in preparations for controlling poison ivy and dandelion, paved the way for a host of other weed killers...
Caught up in the revolution of 1910, Pedro finally realized that young men like himself were being turned into cannon fodder by a variety of self-proclaimed generals and reformers. He deserted and went home. There he led the life of a poor farmer, struggling to grow corn on a rented field a good two hours' walk from his mud-walled house. He took women where he found them, ran his home with paternalistic authoritarianism. But he commanded enough local respect to become a political figure of sorts, first as a leader of his barrio, later as a town...
...tired of your newspaper with its lockout and stall-in reports? Tired of TV's British satire and hillbilly corn? Of your local theaters' grim neorealism and grimmer (at least in performance) Shakespeare? Then Pinafore is the thing for you. The Gilbert and Sullivan Players are offering a relaxing amateur evening at Agassiz, and I had a rollicking good time...
...distinguished Chickasaw Indian. Senior member of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, the state's highest tribunal, he has served 32 years, been chief justice two terms. Last week Justice Welch was haled before a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City, along with retired Supreme Court Justice N. S. Corn. Result: both judges were indicted for income tax evasion-$11,063 for Corn, $13,365 for Welch. If convicted, Justice Welch will quit the bench for a cell for a maximum of 25 years, pay a possible $50,000 fine...
...whose walls Barbra has covered with red patent leather. She neither drinks nor smokes, but she eats like a woman thrice her weight, which is 125 Ibs. The kitchen is a self-service delicatessen heavily stocked with matzo brie, gefilte fish, grapefruit wedges, kosher salami, pickled beets, tzimmes, caviar, corn fritters, brownies, ice-cream rolls, cottage cheese, sweet potatoes, and enough frozen chicken TV dinners to pave the Piazza San Marco...