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...collection of reminiscences, spans "distinguished graduates" form 1917 (Buckminster Fuller) to 1981 John H. Adler. Since I am neither distinguished nor-till tomorrow-a graduate, my criticism will likely sound shrill, still and all, a good number of these stones might better have been recounted over drinks at the Harvest during twenty-fifth reunions. As a general rule, the older grads are more interesting, if much less recognizable. And in one short piece, a tribute to Perry Miler, Robert Coles '50 succeeds better then the rest in being both eloquent and moving. As for the rest, tremendous vignettes of outstanding...
...still, he is a holy sage, a whiz-kid Yoda, constructing a transmitter out of spare parts to signal his spaceship. And he has an extra gift for children. If the moment is propitious, and they truly believe, E.T. can make them fly away from danger and into the harvest-moon...
...cooperative has been unable to obtain credit to buy seed and fertilizer. The fields are fallow, the oxen idle. No one has yet received a day's pay. Unless the tomato and corn crops are planted in the next week or two, there will be no harvest this year...
...Soviet economic outlook, though, continues to deteriorate. Last week Moscow officials indicated that the disastrous 1981 grain harvest had been worse than previously thought. The setback may force the Soviet Union to increase gold sales to raise cash. The Soviets have already sold roughly 300 tons of the metal to obtain about $3.5 billion. The Kremlin is using the proceeds to pay for food and other imports, and to aid its satellite countries. Meanwhile, Western moneymen, who used to help the Communist world get out of such economic troubles, are on an extended bank holiday...
America's 2.4 million farmers are squeezed between rising costs and falling prices. In part, they are the victims of their own remarkable productivity. Last year they turned out record crops of corn (8.2 billion bu.) and wheat (2.8 billion bu.). The 2 billion-bu. soybean harvest was exceeded only in 1979. Oats, barley and grain sorghum also had near record yields, making 1981 probably the most productive year in U.S. farm history. Unfortunately, all that abundance knocked the bottom out of prices. Corn, the nation's biggest cash crop, dropped from $3.60 per bu. in the Chicago...