Word: fruits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...boycott--one that lasted so long many people forgot why they were boycotting--has finally begun to bear fruit...
...opened its first "up market" store in London's smart Kensington district. M & S has also opened stores in France and Canada; its U.K. branches now stock such previously unavailable luxury items as pure cashmere coats, glassware, fine bone china and-in the food sections -mangoes, passion fruit and a line of house-brand champagne rated on par with Moët et Chandon...
Dave Cowens is sitting around in a rugby shirt and a pair of grey cotton slacks, feeding his electric juicer with apple slices. As he gulps down the glasses of frothy, fresh-fruit juice, he sits quietly on a stool in his kitchen...
...apples have been ripe for six weeks, ready to be trucked to markets round the country or sold to nearby roadside stands. Last week as the harvest drew to an end, growers were hard pressed to gather in their crop?worth more than $50 million to them?before the fruit started spoiling and dropping to the ground. The weather and the Federal Government had, in the Northeastern farmers' view, conspired to make this a doubly difficult year. A snowstorm last spring destroyed blossoms. Heavy rains in September made picking nearly impossible and knocked an estimated 10% of the crop from...
...siren screaming, a grim-faced detective whizzes around a corner and tears through a fruit stand, sending cantaloupes flying. A dozen red lights and near-collisions later, he finally forces the villain into an alley and arrests...