Word: farmhand
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Twenty years ago this month, the late, great George Plimpton ’48 broke the story in Sports Illustrated of an extraordinary young New York Mets farmhand who “may well change the course of baseball history...
...plus a sumptuous breakfast for €12 per adult and €9 for kids between 6 and 12 (j7 for 2- to 6-year-olds). You have to bring a sleeping bag, but there are two newly installed showers. That comes in handy for the kids, says holiday farmhand Ast. "They throw themselves into the hay and roll around to get down and dirty. It's any child's dream come true!" And maybe a few farmers' dreams...
...labored to eat then, and I labor to eat now." Sant Raj, Indian farmhand, saying government neglect of the rural poor drove him to vote against the Bharatiya Janata Party, which lost India's general election to Sonia Gandhi's Congress Party...
...Southern Metropolis News, published a detailed account of Sun's case, China's media, academic circles and Internet chat rooms have been abuzz with demands for reform and even abolition of the system. Sun's status as a college-educated up-and-comer rather than an out-of-work farmhand has fueled widespread outrage. "You were imprisoned because you would not be a pet animal or a slave," read one of many eulogies to Sun posted on the Internet. Lending force to this outcry is the fact that China's recent experiences with SARS have aroused a strong sense...
Baseball is in Mager’s blood. His father, Frank—a former farmhand in the New York Yankees organization—cultivated a love of the game in Mark and his younger brother, Kevin, when the two were growing up. Now the elder Mager is in the stands at every Crimson contest...