Word: croppings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hottest new cash crop...
...acres of wheat extended to a flat skyline broken only by the lonely silhouettes of grain elevators. Now the amber waves are interrupted by broad patches of dark brown, and the horizon is punctuated by tall processing towers. These are signs of the region's hot new cash crop, which is also becoming an important export: the sunflower...
Julian Mack, whose mid-season return sparked the Crimson's win over Princeton last year, has decided to hang up his Speedo for good. Jim Carbone and Gauthier figure to fill Mack's sprint role. The addition of this year's talented crop means that no one can again accuse Harvard of being the "Bobby Hackett Swim Club." Lundberg and others will score individual points at NCAAs, and all three Crimson relays are now definite contenders for spots in the finals at that meet...
Fouts, who was booed nearly as often as he was sacked during the Chargers' long wallow in the cellar, credits his success to his coaches and the Chargers' current crop of receivers, the match of any in the N.F.L. San Diego's offensive line is good enough, at last, to limit Fouts' once steady pounding to a meager 13 sacks in 10 games. "I like seeing a team effort be successful, and I like to be in charge of that effort." says Fouts, who receives an estimated $200,000 a year for his efforts. "There...
Mandelbaum defines friction as "the innumerable unforeseen and unpredictable difficulties that crop up..." Examples of this friction include Congressional concern with Soviet weapons deployment, bureaucratic infighting over weapons procurement, other countries' foreign policy goals, and even the different strategic theories of the U.S. military services...