Word: cropped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...brilliant plant geneticist whose hybridizations left his fellow Americans with infinitely improved strains of corn, juicier, hardier strawberries, and hens that would lay more eggs on less feed. Only last March he was in the Dominican Republic trying to introduce strawberries as a badly needed cash crop...
...John Clifford, a one-time NBC vice president, the editorial operation appears to be calming down. "For years we've heard nothing but the snap of the jackals and seen nothing but buzzards overhead," said Post Editor William Emerson. "Now it's time to get a crop...
...coups have done little to endear him to rival coach es, who grumble that Nebraska is "long on finances and short on academics.' That kind of criticism doesn't bother the pro scouts. Devaney already has furnished the pros with twelve players, and this year's crop of Cornhuskers is the most attractive yet. Murmured one awestruck scout, watching Nebraska take the field: "When they run out there, you can see the field tilt...
...annually for the past several years; the 1965 gain will be just below 3%. Why the slowdown? Increased demand has pushed factories into producing at 89% of their capacity, is forcing them to use older, less efficient machinery and less skilled workers. Shortages of skilled labor are continuing to crop up in many industries...
...Beethoven's string quarters and its effectiveness to Godard's superb timing. I've also omitted the film's verbalism. Signs and the printed word play a key part in most Godard films, from the Bogart poster of Breathless to the flashing neon lights of Alphaville, and they crop up again and again in The Married Woman. But why they are used at all is a question that only Godard could answer, and he's probably too busy shooting his eleventh film...