Word: frosts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...listed in international botanical encyclopedias. But the Russians say he has developed a palatable blend of apple and cherry which is grown in Siberia, apricots that bloom on snow-covered trees just south of the Arctic Circle, a fruitless lemon tree whose branches yield lemon extract when pressed, frost-resisting grapes that flourish in Moscow and the Ural uplands. Undoubtedly he has produced fruits that yield more abundantly, stand shipment better and grow farther north than the older varieties. To bring out ever new mutations, he shocks with electricity the seeds of apples, watermelons, almonds, squash, plums. Oranges and grapefruit...
...bottom of a tall glass, fill up with finely shaved ice, let the sugar dissolve, pour in 1-oz. (jigger) of absinthe, stir with a spoon, and finally add one ounce of carbonated water, drop by drop, stirring all the time until the frappe turns cloudy and thick frost forms on the glass. Similar are French absinthe frappes except for the carbonated water...
...himself to Cleopatra, the first thing he ordered was a French military survey of Egypt in 16 volumes. That work set the style for the production. When he learned that Romans cooled their banquet wines in snow, he refused to have marble dust, the usual studio equivalent, called for frost scraped from the studio refrigerator pipes. For Cleopatra to nibble, Paramount ordered ten crates of real grapes. When they went bad, after the California grape season, ten more crates were shipped from Argentina...
...fresh note rather than a new one is struck in Poet Engle's writings. Enthusiasts may compare him to Whitman, to Sandburg, to Frost, but cooler heads will wait for more achievement before upping him above MacLeish or Jeffers. A note of challenge to defeat, however, augurs well for the future. "Complaint to Sad Poets" sounds the battle cry: Will you never be done with barking at the moon? . . . The terrier bitch that whelped its litter today Under the barn where the dirt is moist and dark Shames and defies you with the quiet logic Of life that works...
Because spring frost delayed and summer drought blighted the German potato crop the blockade had to be relaxed in July to admit Italian, Dutch and Belgian potatoes, but it was jerked tight last week. German importers groaned as they were cut down for August 1934 to a quota of only 5% of their average monthly imports for 1931. Meanwhile the textile industry factories were put under pressure to weave artificial fibres into their cloth by an order from the Tsar forcing factories which do not use such substitutes to cut their production hours from 48 to 36 per week. Since...