Word: harrows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years this Amery, a charming chap in his cups, had been wrong. Known to his friends as "The Rat," he left Harrow at 16, hurried to Lausanne to do the night spots. After 74 traffic violations had been charged against him, he was barred from England's roads...
...region, where tenant farms are rich only in ragged children, moonshine stills and Redbone hounds. The hero and his hill bride had little chance of escaping poverty. Broke, Gene Atkins was resigned to spend his $300 mustering-out pay for a stock-mule, harness, turning plow, singlefoot, geewhiz, section harrow, planter and wagon-and then sharecropping cotton on another man's land...
...Allahabad. He bought a great, rambling show place, raised his three children in grand British Raj style with "many horses, dogs, cars and carriages" and a strict English governess for the two girls, Swarup and Krishna. Jawaharlal, 18 years Krishna's senior, was the family favorite. Educated at Harrow and Cambridge, he went home in 1912. With his return began the joint family life of dedication to their country's Nationalist cause...
Actually, Willys-Overland had never made claims that the jeep would replace the tractor. But it had pointed out that a jeep could be mighty handy around a farm to pull a plow or harrow, run a saw or threshing machine, drill post holes and also take the farmer and his family to town. As to price, the jeep-makers had never predicted any lower than $900 (in vast quantities the Army paid $875 apiece...
...farmer's car-of -all-trades, the new jeep can pull a plow, harrow or load of hay; by means of a power take-off at the rear it can run a saw, threshing machine, or drill post holes. Slicked up, with top, side curtains, and comfortable seats, it can carry farmer & family to town. Willys expects to make 20,000 civilian jeeps this year, expects to sell them in the neighborhood...