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Word: croppings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Barnbuster. In its next-to-final count, the Department of Agriculture estimated that this year's corn crop would reach 3,649,510,000 bushels-82 million more than was estimated a month ago, 320 million more than the first forecast this year. 12% more than the record crop of 1946. Improvements in other crops in dicated that this year's total farm production would also exceed the 1946 high by a barnbusting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facts & Figures, Nov. 22, 1948 | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

Despite a bumper-crop of injuries, Yale will invade Cambridge in the best physical shape since the opening game with Brown. The Bulldogs have been sabotaged throughout the season by a recurring series of mishaps to key members of the squad...

Author: By Yale News and Lee GRIGGS Sports writer, S | Title: Injuries In Backfield Weaken Yale Squad; First-String Line Can Start | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

While Superman represents the outer limits of fantasy in the current crop of radio thrillers for the kiddies, Captain Midnight's show contains features common to most of the quasi-credible serials. The hero is surrounded by at least two youthful subordinates, and usually has a humorous character whose harmless stupidity serves as a foil for the heavy witticisms of the others. Villains are either petty and dumb, or sinister and intelligent...

Author: By David E. Lillenthal jr., | Title: The Children's Hour: II | 11/18/1948 | See Source »

Angry Mutterings. Farmers had no such specific target as the Taft-Hartley law. But they had been muttering angrily ever since Congress refused to grant appropriations to the Commodity Credit Corp. last summer for more crop storage bins. Because no Government loans can be made on crops stored on the farm, they had been forced to dump their surplus on a falling market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ELECTION: Crossfire | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

Elimination of the Jayvee squad in an HAA economy move this spring will mean a big cut in the number of players Coach Chase can watch regularly. But if Chase needs extra men during the course of the season he plans to call up the best of the intramural crop...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Reserves, Speed Give Skaters Strength as Training Opens | 11/10/1948 | See Source »

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