Word: corns
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...food, many early settlers found little incentive to farm. Besides, farms were fixed targets for marauding Indians. Pigs, which foraged for themselves, were easier to raise. As a result, by the 19th century salt pork became a staple at breakfast, lunch and supper. With the exception of Indian corn and potatoes, fruits and vegetables tended to be shunned as unhealthful, the principal cause of gastroenteritis...
...come to the real event of the weekend: Halloween. Woolworth's is full of candy corn, toffee apples and plastic masks, although sources say the Woolworth's in the Square is one of the most expensive ones. On the other hand, Woolworth's was always the place to go when you were little and couldn't think of a costume, so if you're stuck for something to wear you can get a superman/woman suit. Pumpkins are cheaper the farther away from the Square you get, so try Haymarket...
...occupation, but there are factories for making matches, textiles and cutlery. A university is planned that will ultimately cost $80 million (though at present only 6% of all Transkeian children reach secondary school). The territory even has a new coat of arms-two leopards, a bull, an ear of corn and a cog wheel representing hoped-for industry...
...Butz was city-slickered by the Kremlin. The Soviets, dealing secretly with private companies and paying bargain rates for grain exports that were then subsidized by the Government, bought up 25% of the U.S. wheat crop, plus massive quantities of corn and soybeans. A Senate subcommittee charged Butz's department with "inept management" and "total lack of planning" in overseeing the deals. The resulting domestic food shortage-along with other factors-helped drive up retail food prices...
While cleaning out his big, airy corner office, Butz chatted with TIME Correspondent Jerry Hannifin. Two ears of golden Iowa corn-a present from an admirer-glowed on his desk, and the horse collar he brought with him to Washington five years ago still hung on the wall, a reminder of his years of plowing fields as a boy on a 160-acre farm in Noble County, Ind. Said he: "I've paid a tremendous price. I'm going back to Purdue, where I studied and taught. I'm going to be an adjunct professor of some...