Word: foodes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would get compensation for taking acres out of production for five to ten years and for planting grass or trees; these farmers would have to guarantee not to graze livestock on their conservation reserve for a specified period, so as not to add to the surplus of livestock and food...
...national level, we oppose anti-trust laws, the existence of labor unions, the reliance on social security and the movement toward a welfare state in all its forms including such insidious measures as the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Child Labor...
From the Tammany Tigers to the Pendergasts and Kellys and Crumps, the lore of the bosses had them as displaying their real inner benevolence by handing out Christmas food baskets and helping poor widows. These things they did, but in quest of power, not out of kindness. To a lavish extent, Frank Hague went through the same motions. As his monument to motherhood, for example, he left behind him the $1.8 million Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital. But Hague was hated and feared, and the secret of his power was that he was feared more than he was hated. Simply...
...Spectator's Columnist "Pharos": "I wish the Astronomer Royal had gone a little further and told them to take up model yachting instead. That is a much prettier pastime than dreaming about going to Mars with a goldfish bowl over one's head and a superconcentrated food lozenge under the tongue...
Hong Kong relies on Red China for much of its food supply. Communists hold strong positions in Hong Kong unions of shipyard, transport, electrical, gas and water-system workers, and there are indications, never said aloud, that the Reds also have some strength in the police. They are busy within the school system...