Word: fruited
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Boston's recycling effort also includes six acres of early 19th century buildings between the old town hall, Faneuil Hall, and the waterfront. The five-story structures, which for 150 years housed fruit, vegetable and meat markets, attracted two groups of people. Preservationists wanted to turn them into a museum. Some developers wanted to raze them and put the valuable downtown land to a more profitable use. But Cambridge Architect Ben Thompson had another idea. Why not modernize the buildings' interiors, recondition the exteriors and keep them as markets? The buildings could then turn a profit...
...clearly swung away from King George and reconciliation. The radicals declared until nearly the last moment that the Colonists wanted only their rights within the British Empire, thus denying the Tories the chance to brand them as extremists who were misleading the people. Counseled Sam Adams: "Wait till the fruit is ripe before we gather...
Peeling Paint. Because of the traffic disruption, the food-rich Central Highlands are short of flour, sugar and salt, while fresh fruit, meat and vegetables are on sale in Luanda (pop. 400,000) only three days a week. Long lines form for everything from bread and cigarettes to beer and bottled cooking gas. Three of every four buses in Luanda have been sidelined for lack of spare parts, and only about 20 taxis (of a prewar fleet of 600) are still operating...
GROWTH REGULATION. Growth regulators, those hormone-like substances that control the growth patterns of plants and tell them when to ripen, drop their fruit or prepare for the onset of winter, also have potential for increasing production. Thompson seedless grapes are routinely sprayed with a substance called gibberellic acid, which promotes cell growth and helps produce plumper fruit. A Monsanto product called Polaris is being used experimentally to increase sugar production: sprayed on fields, the chemical enhances the ripening of sugar canes. This, it is believed, boosts their sucrose content and may raise their yield of raw sugar...
...this case, to build himself a townhouse in Paris). So his point of view is picaresque: a rogue himself, he must be a careful observer of trends and opportunities in both worlds, ready to declare a crusade of Latinity against Germanity, or to sign over lands to the United Fruit Company in return for its support...