Word: harvester
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...midst of this apathy Mr. Laski sounds a note of warning which unquestionably merits of moment's pause. "America, in fact, is applying eighteenth century ideas and institutions to the problems of a twentieth century civilization. Prosperity may postpone the gathering of the harvest: but one day, assuredly, a new generation will rean us fruit...
...poor quality since the War, and do not now contain a sufficient proportion of protein and gluten. This effect has been wrought by the post War shortage of man power on the farms, which has induced land owners to plant a species of wheat seeds giving a greater harvest with less care, but an inferior grade of wheat. For this reason the Grands Moulins de Paris bought 10,000,000 bushels of prime U. S. wheat for milling, last year, and are placing still heavier orders at present...
...estimated that it will cost Sir Joseph over $20,000 per year to keep The Harvest Waggon: interest on his money, insurance...
...auctioneer dropped his hammer and a boy trotted out behind the curtain to lift The Harvest Waggon off the stage and replace it with Frans Hals' A Young Cavalier. Sir Joseph Duveen had just bought the Gainsborough for a price that set a record for U. S. picture auctions. The painting, a large canvas into which the artist had put portraits of two of his daughters as well as a wagon, a team of horses and a broken shower of golden light, was indubitably the finest single piece offered in the sale of the collection that had belonged...
...dying. Seeing him so, his companions in coin-clutching, each hoping to be made his heir, come to his bedside bearing gifts and ready to commit other offices of friendship. Volpone's assistant in deception is the smart and fluttering Mosca; together, they are reaping a rich harvest until Volpone attempts to perform rape upon a friend's wife, sent to him for no better reason. Tried in court for this offense and adjudged innocent, Volpone tries another wily and audacious rascality, one which leads to his own undoing. Mosca, always a step ahead of his miserly master...