Word: growed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...land reform may prove harder to bring off than his nationalization of Bolivian tin (TIME, Nov. 10). Aside from the danger of violence between landlords and peasants, there is an admitted risk that the Indians, once they own land, will grow just enough for their needs, leaving Bolivia (which spends 35% of its national income for imported food) hungrier than ever. Said Paz Estenssoro to the Indians at Ucareña: "Now that the land is yours, I ask you to carry out your part by growing more." Donning a native cap himself, he then sprinkled some drops of chicha...
More than 800,000 farmers will be eligible to vote. If at least two-thirds of those balloting vote yes, the quotas will be placed in effect, farmers will be allowed to market all the wheat they can grow on their allotted acreage, and the Government will support the price at 90% of parity. If a farmer grows wheat on more than his allotted acreage, he will have to pay the Government a fine of 45% of parity for all he markets or uses from the excess acres. If more than one-third of the farmers vote no, the price...
Famine into Feast? With considerable effort, the Carnegie Institution harvested about 100 Ibs. of this foodstuff, enough for testing its food value. Its report does not claim that it will be easy to grow algae on a really large scale. One possible way to overcome some of the difficulties: developing new strains of algae that will grow efficiently under factory conditions, including higher temperatures. But even without improvements, the Carnegiemen believe that their pilot plant can produce 17.5 tons of dry algae per acre per year. Soybeans, which contain less protein than algae do, average only...
...general is a heavy, gigantic man. His eyes lie deep in his massive face. His nature is jovial. He appears phlegmatic. But I suspect that the joviality can fall like a mask, and the somewhat flabby features grow taut. His lips are thin. I will not be surprised if I hear him make hard decisions." So wrote a German Communist of "General Gomez," commander of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, and a professional soldier in the cause of Communism...
...face seemed to tell her: "You're not Peter Pan, or even a boy; you're an actress, and a lady." From that time on, during the run of the play, Maude Adams never again left the theater after a matinee, lest too many little boys grow disillusioned...