Word: corns
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Zelea Codreanu was corn and grew up in Rumanian Moldavia, a passionate, tormented patriot, who won a reputation as the greatest Jew-baiter in the most anti-Semitic town of the most anti-Semitic country in Europe. After World...
...cotton industry that as far as the Department of Agriculture is concerned, America's choice has now been made. He reminded his audience that the decline of the U. S. farmers' export market long antedates Hitler: it began when the rest of the world began to grow corn, wheat & cotton of its own. Said the new Secretary: "There are two bales of cotton in the world today for every bale that will probably be used in the current marketing year. . . . That is one reason why I say we need agricultural adjustment and not just [crop] reduction...
...domestic ducks of the Long Island Duck Farmers' Association, fattening on nearby farms. Awakened by the searchlights feeling the sky for decoy planes, the ducks charged around in their wire pens like Brooklynites in the subway. They developed insomnia, turned up their bills at corn. Colonel Clair W. Baird, commanding Camp Upton, sighed, ordered his artillerymen to turn their lights the other...
...woman had hives only when she was in bed. On testing, she was found allergic to corn. To an allergy specialist, the answer was obvious, for laundry starch is often made from corn. When the patient began sleeping on unstarched sheets, her troubles were over...
...King of Corn": Guy Lombardo...