Word: grapefruits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...exercise: "At John Huston's house, years ago, a group of us played football in the living room with a grapefruit. It was late in the evening, shall...
Squeezing Grapefruit. In their despair, West German newspapers, normally pro-West, blamed the U.S., Britain and France as well as the U.S.S.R. The theme of many complaining editorials was: the partition of Germany suits all four powers' convenience. West Germans, their recovery assured and their self-confidence growing daily, were no longer willing just to acquiesce in Western policy. Now, as their grumbles showed, they want to help make policy...
Still, to win the necessary two-thirds majority, Adenauer and his parliamentary whips had to squeeze the Bundestag roster like a grapefruit−one Deputy was called back from a trip to the U.S., another had 32 to be carried in with a broken leg that had just been set at a hospital. In the first real demonstration of the vast strength he assembled in last September's election victory, Adenauer carried his amendment by nine more than two-thirds...
...industry, sent radio-directed trucks speeding from grove to grove, lining up likely buys. Not long ago, such a huge crop would have meant vast surpluses, and the dumping of millions of bushels of fruit into Florida's lakes and rivers. But "this year, almost every orange and grapefruit will be sold at good prices−or at least safely stored in cans for future sale. For this happy prospect, citrus men can thank the $132 million frozen-concentrate industry, which in a few short years has leveled out the feast & famine industry by dotting the green landscape with...
...Grapefruit & Moonglow. Palm Springs, a gaudy, man-made oasis, has 674 swimming pools, 285 hotels and motels, grapefruit-laden trees, an abundance of gold-rinsed blondes, superb weather, and the unmistakable patina of Hollywood plastered like lipstick on the desert. Palm Springs is not Ike's cup of tea, and he had to fight for the vacation he wanted: rest, golf, fresh air and privacy. When he and Mamie stepped off the Columbine at the moon-bathed Palm Springs Airport, a crowd of 3,000 was on hand to greet them. But plans to deck the streets in bunting...