Word: croppings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...savings and paid $455,000 down ($264 an acre, about $70 more per acre than the going price) on the $1.7 million, 6,400-acre Seven-O Ranch outside of Seminole, a town that calls itself "the city with a future." They drew lots for the land, planted a crop of cotton and converted art old ranch building into a school. Says Frank Wiebe: "All my life I have thought about the time when I would have my own land. It was like a dream come true...
Then the troubles started. First came the letters from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. They informed the unsuspecting Mennonites that contrary to what they had been led to believe, they had entered the country on 60-day tourist visas and would have to leave. Although their first crop had already been planted, they were forbidden to work, even for themselves. The Mennonites won a temporary reprieve when the INS extended their departure deadline in order to let them harvest their crops. A second reprieve came when Senator Lloyd Bentsen, at the urging of the Seminole community, introduced a special...
...crop of freshmen this year Felske said, "Betsy, Abby and Kris (Mertz) were a tremendous help to the team...
Some Sugar Snap enthusiasts go so far as to predict that the new, wholly edible pea may surpass the tomato as the American home gardeners' top crop. The Michelin of munchables, All-America Selections, based in Los Altos, Calif., has not just given the Sugar Snap a rare gold medal and pronounced it the most successful new strain it has savored in its 46 years; it has also issued a recipe leaflet (500). Suggested treatments range from creamed Sugar Snap soup to Sugar Snap tempura. Actually, says the vegetable's inventor, Gallatin's lanky. Calvin Lamborn...
...same muffed attempts at high-falutin' crop up in the cooking. Cafe Promenade probably has the only menu in the world that boasts both Osso Bucco "Milannaise" and Tunapuff Sandwich. And while the prices are extravagant, the food is only mediocre...