Word: harvester
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...spring was late that year, But the harvest early...
...Guardians. In the same week, there was promise in the wheat belt of a harvest some 250 million bushels bigger than last year's.* Here, too, lay political opportunity. If the crops are up to promise, both corn and wheat may slump between now and election time. In Washington, Charlie Brannan's planners are already drafting their strategy for reminding the farmers that the Administration is the true guardian of the "fixed," (i.e., ever-rising) price...
...Labor M.P. crouching naked in a willow tree, with 40 Scottish housewives prancing below and screeching: "Come doon, ye mangy tod, and I'll buff your beef!"? Why does a stern Presbyterian minister stand by waving a two-handed sword and bellowing: "There is a harvest still, a harvest of thistles and of tares, for the sword of Gideon...
Eboli needs housing; 85% of its houses were destroyed in battle. The average occupancy is more than three people to every room; in some there are nine and ten. Some 2,000 of its 8,000 workers are unemployed; the rest work only at harvest time. From month to month, Ebolitani rarely see a piece of meat. They have no plumbing; typhus is a periodic visitor...
...Jacksonville, Presidential Candidates Estes Kefauver and Richard Russell met unexpectedly while trying to harvest some votes during a quick tour of the same cigar factory. They carried off the encounter like true Southern Gentlemen. Russell: "Hello. Estes, I haven't seen you in a long time. How are you holding up?" Kefauver: "I'm fine, got a little sore throat in Cincinnati last night. Which side of the street are you working?" Russell: "I'm working both sides." "Be good, Dick." "You be the same, Estes." And with that, the candidates parted to look for less crowded...