Word: fruits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fertilizer and urge members of the congregation to do likewise. Fisher does not really expect homeowners to cut their fertilizer usage, and he holds out only limited hope that a letter-writing campaign urging a similar course of action on the Government will bear much fruit. At best, the savings in fertilizer would make only a dent in the world's food problems. But it is reassuring that small acts of conscience can still take root and prosper...
From California fruit picker, he shifted to boxing as a lightweight (130 lbs.) and won 17 of 19 bouts. Later he got a job as a helper in a tool and die shop in the Oakland area, went to night school to learn English, mathematics and mechanical drawing...
...premises of a one-store operation, Steve's Ice Cream, 191 Elm St. The atmosphere is simple and cheery. And Steve has a great gimmick: if you opt for the 50 cent rather than the 30 cent scoop you can have additions such as nuts, crushed heath bars and fruit kneaded in for 5 cents apiece. The store's growing popularity and extensive publicity, however, have resulted in nightmarishly long lines every evening. The New Yorker referred to Steve's as "the closest thing to night life in the Cambridge-Somerville area," and New Times listed it as a "bastion...
...food-stuffs inflation without making drastic changes in the menu. But last year's policy of cutting costs through the introduction of more sandwich luncheons, the use of soya protein in various dishes (such as chicken a la king where it can be disguised), and the dispensing of fresh fruit on request only, is sure to continue, Weissbecker says. And the raisins, removed last year from the dining rooms to the dismay of Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates will just as certainly not be returning...
...little town northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border provided extra earnings to the underpaid local soldiers (less than $30 a month for privates). They collected bribes whenever a merchant carrying such items as gasoline and medicine headed into the Communist zone, and again when he returned bringing back fruit or fowl...