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...spring, and the massive soil erosion almost certain to occur as the windy season now approaching wreaks havoc on dusty acreage unprotected by snow cover. Lack of green grazing land and hay is also forcing cattlemen either to sell off their thin animals at low prices or fatten them on expensive trucked-in feed. As the cost of feed has soared, ranchers virtually dumped herds, further depressing what they could get for them...
...better." The staff also hopes that Murdoch will be willing to spend the vast sums necessary to automate the Post's outdated production system (a task that would probably involve buying off the paper's tough unions), expand the paper's weak suburban distribution and fatten the editorial budget...
...Nelson was eager to fatten up the Crimson lead. Two-thirds of the way through the period, he leapt high for a head ball and then the ensuing rebound. The second header bounded away, but Nelson charged forward as a Columbia midfielder was winding up to kick, took the sailing ball on his torso and burst upfield...
Some politicians are beginning to press for revisions in federal spending policies. They reason that their states can no longer afford to pick up the tab, like patsy older brothers, to fatten other parts of the U.S. The issue is likely to prove a prickly one for the next President, particularly if he hails from a place like Georgia. Sensing its deepening distress if not decay, can anyone fault the Northeast and Midwest for wanting at least to break even...
...seems like a major mistake for us to take such a step. True, at least it's not Dartmouth we're talking about, but someday Marty Domres Jr. is going to come along, and we're going to wish we had the Terriers and the Redmen to fatten up on first. As J. Bennington Peers would agree, it's okay to lose to those teams because they're not really of any account...