Word: farmerly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...goes from Jimmy who? to Jimmy you-know-who is the only logical choice for Man of the You-Know-What. Congratulations for picking the peanut farmer from you-know-where...
...coldest winter in nearly a century dropped temperatures last week to -11° F. in Chicago, -31° F. in Minneapolis and -54° F. in Solon Springs, Wis. Cracked a farmer in Bayfield County, Wis.: "It was so cold that my wheelbarrow wouldn't start." To most Midwesterners, keeping warm was a much more compelling concern than what kind of President Jimmy Carter would make...
People in rural areas were afraid that even though Carter will be the first farmer in the White House since Thomas Jefferson, a peanut grower may not understand corn-belt problems. Because of unseasonably dry and cold weather this winter, the Midwest may end up at harvest time with unusually low yields in such high-income crops as corn and soybeans...
...general. We support the law of supply and demand, but we need price support and emergency livestock loans." In Douglas County, Wash., Rancher Gary Dalin swelled with pride because his 16-year-old daughter Heidi had just been named local Beef Princess. But in other respects he bemoaned the farmer's lot. Said he: "Just when the price begins to get a little better, we're seeing cows coming in from Canada and Mexico and frozen beef from Australia...
...funguses. Said Senator Edward Kennedy, the subcommittee chairman: "I find it incredible that a regulatory agency charged with safeguarding the public health and environment would be so sluggish to recognize and react to so many warnings over the past five years. EPA has failed the consumer and the farmer, as well as the pesticide industry...