Word: corns
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cigar-shaped stubs of corn...
Snicked with broken corn stalks...
...were harvesting corn...
Later they bulldozed off the rich corn-feeding layer...
...would acquire a small-loan company, Canada's Delta Acceptance Corp., for $48 million in stock. The swap is anything but penny ante for Avco, which has been shopping for growth companies in the civilian market to expand its own $514 million volume in missile parts and motors, corn pickers and coin laundries. Delta last year handled $242 million worth of appliance paper and personal loans; it would now be able to use Avco's good connections to raise more capital. "Dick" Wilson runs Avco with easy informality, says, "We try to operate with a minimum of fuss...