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...From Florida and Texas, where jalapeno popcorn is hot, to the blizzard belt, where maple flavor warms the gullet, new retailers keep popping up across the U.S. There seems to be room for all. For instance, a dozen or more competitors have opened up around the two Garrett Pop Corn Shops in Chicago's Loop; even so, the 33-year-old Garrett's, which sells only butter, caramel, cheese and plain, has seen business treble in the past decade...
...cannon, yet still managed to turn back a surplus of $124 million that had been allocated for the GAU8 program. He is proud. Dilger's reward? No promotion. A new, unattractive desk job. In 1980, colleagues say, he quit the service in disgust. Today Bob Dilger, 49, raises corn and cattle on a farm outside Xenia, Ohio...
Though insect infestation might be expected in works of art that sit in storage for several years, the Center's specialists sometimes find more unusual objects. Recently, researchers found a corn plant growing out of the back of a painting by Thomas Jones, an 18th century English artist. "They found that painting in an attic that had been used for feeding hens," says Mary McGrath, an intern in the painting lab. "The seeds had settled in on it and sprouted," she adds...
...play an inning in the field. The result, after five hours: 23-6. There were no bad scenes. Cubs Veteran Oliver, caught in a rundown, pretended to drop dead. But there were genuine heroic moments too. Ignoring Catcher Marzelli's call for a knuckler, Peoria Corn Farmer Ken Schwab, 55, who had pitched for an Army team more than a quarter-century ago, "reached back a few years for the best fast ball I could find," and struck Ernie Banks out swinging. Catcher Albano and Short stop Ike Ackerman, a 44-year-old Iowa attorney, rifled sharp singles...
...county levels is most obvious on the farm-to-market roads that are vital to agricultural production. As farms have grown larger, huge tractors, combines and cultivators are literally pulverizing these roads, which were built for much lighter loads. The family farmer who commonly hauled 100 bu. of corn to town has given way to corporate operators who use huge tractor-trailers for 1,500-bu. deliveries...