Word: herbe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crop was days away from disaster when a pair of isolated rainstorms came breezing through Hastings, Iowa, dumping a bit more than 6 in. of rain on his parched fields. "Now it looks like we might have a crop after all," says Phelps. Some 360 miles to the east, Herb Steffen of Cropsey, Ill., laments that he has not seen enough rain "to settle the dust," much less nurse his corn crop though its critical pollination period. "It's heartbreaking to watch crops die in the field," says Steffen's wife Georgia...
...stand the heat, check out the All Day Jazz Festival, which features vocalist Rebecca Parris, trumpeter Herb Pomeroy, saxophonist Alex Elin and other local musicians. From noon to 5 p.m. at Newton's Leventhal-Sidman Community Center, the Highland Jazz's annual festival will cost $10 for adults and $8 for students. Children under 12 get in free. Telephone...
...herbalists too are becoming more adventurous in their tastes. Last year 6 million households spent $46 million growing herbs, in contrast with 5 million spending $39 million the year before. Some make tea from them, some bathe in them, some swear to their healing powers. Having mastered the basic basil, rosemary and sage, gardeners move on to lovage stems, bee-balm blossoms and lemon grass. The health conscious prize herbs as a salt substitute, while the cost conscious find that pricey, herb-flavored vinegars and oils are easily made at home...
...America (W.G.A.), now in its eighth week, is threatening to become as disruptive and gritty as any other industrial deadlock. When representatives for the writers and producers sat down with a federal mediator last week to resume their talks, the meeting broke up after only 20 minutes. Said Herb Steinberg, spokesman for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers: "The union came in with nothing new. We wondered why they called a meeting." Countered Frank Pierson, writer of Cool Hand Luke and Dog Day Afternoon: "If we accept management's offer, it's the end of the guild...
...traditionally New England sport," says Herb Hammond, former Brown coach and current Brown assistant athletic director. "Ivy League schools were the first to have rinks...