Word: fruit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rights and what are his obligations to his fellow-citizens, what are the rules which the community has established to control his action, and what will happen to him if he breaks them. The automobilist needs to know what the law requires of him. The farmer who is selling fruit or vegetables must learn how his apples must be graded. The young man who is to be married must find out what licenses he needs. Birth, death and every step between is regulated by law, and the lawyer is the man whose duty it is to know what...
...mill building Paper- mill Machinery, situated in Central Germany, represented the old regime where the manager's house was built into the mill, and the courtyard was laid out as a garden, with walls of Southern exposure supporting wall-growth fruit trees. The Manager's office was more homelike than office-like, and we were offered light refreshments, and the Manager's automobile placed at out disposal for a forty-mile trip where railroad connections were poor. The departments of this mill that were visited were in good condition and seemed to be running on the day of our visit...
...steamers from our Pacific Coast to Australia and to the west coast of South America. From our cast coast we should be able to go to both coasts of South America, through the Mediterranean and the Sucz Canal to the Orient, and to various ports in Europe. The United Fruit Company is able to give an excellent, if not rapid, service to the countries in which it operates, mostly Central America, by reason of the profitable nature of its business other than shipping...
...gratifying to know that President-elect Harding has endorsed the policy of protecting the American merchant marine and it is to be hoped than the measures he will be able to devise will bear fruit in a practical...
...concern like agriculture and medical entomology, animal and plant breeding, forestry, etc., a very considerable number of the contributions have dealt with underlying principles and matters of fundamental importance which must be extensively investigated before their satisfactory explanation can be undertaken. Some of these latter researches have already borne fruit in that they have been successfully applied to the solution of some of the intensely practical problems now demanding attention...