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More precisely, it is a film about how Mom overcomes Dad's loud protests and brings assorted orphans into the house. She does this by weeping, by putting the frost on, by cajoling, or by any combination of these techniques. Mixed Company is a good case for the founding of men's lib. Not only is Dad generally a nitwit; he is not even a virile one. A recent case of the mumps has put him out of the reproductive action, and he is impotent even in his job. His work and his home life are the same...
...Africa's Sahel region, six years of drought have only recently been interrupted by rain. In the U.S., both the corn and soybean crops will fall far below expectations this year because of a freakish succession of excess spring rains, summer drought and early fall frost...
...longer exactly the lonely countryside of Thoreau, most tourists, nonetheless, did not seem to mind either the fast hustle or the crowds. Those not prudent enough to reserve hotel rooms weeks in advance seemed content to sleep in their cars, turning on heaters periodically to ward off frost. Others considered it quaint fun to be matched up with locals who turned their homes into "foliage houses"-that is, they rented out their guest bedrooms for $5 to $10 per person. Even the traffic was bearable for true leaf watchers. Said Donna Carpenter, a former New Englander on a weekend visit...
...long wait, complete with Frost and a tour of the streets of Zaire's capitol, brought a spree of fights. One dead and two wounded back in Louisville, and a handful bounced out of Hynes...
Sizable grain exports would seem unwise in the light of this year's crop drop. Wheat growers are expected to produce a record of 1.8 billion bushels,-up 4% from last year, but they are the cheerful exception. Floods, drought and early fall frost have sharply reduced crops. The Agriculture Department, which raised the hopes of foreign buyers by grossly overestimating the size of the crop earlier this year, released its latest forecasts last week. The corn harvest may come to 4.7 billion bushels, down 16% from last year; and soybeans to 1.3 billion bushels, down...