Word: herring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...average American Revolutionary was an ignorant shopkeeper-turned-farmer who went broke in England, emigrated to a promised land where the best he could do was to farm enough to keep his growing family alive. He planted a herring with his crops because the Indians did-and it seemed to help them grow. But it never occurred to him that his oxen's manure would make better fertilizer. He refused to use a metal plow because he thought iron poisoned the soil...
...Norrlands biff" (socalled "beef of the north," which is about 75% wood pulp). Cigarets are vague combinations of Turkish tobacco and Swedish hay. The traditional smörgasbord has virtually disappeared because bread is the most severely rationed of all foods except meat. Prized Iceland and Norwegian fat herring are no longer available, good cheese is scarce. The greatest loss is that of coffee. Swedes like it hot, strong and often, were the world's greatest per-capita consumers before the war. They now have 300 ersatz types...
When it comes to problems there are two kinds of people: those who prefer to take 'em straight--all pertinent points and no trimmings--and those who think they are more fun with the philosophy and red herring thrown in. We'd like to share our prize catch with...
Streamliner. An ex-Governor and ex-Senator from Iowa, Clyde LaVerne Herring, will prune deadwood from OPA. Clyde Herring's first chore will be a top-to-bottom survey of OPA. Separate price, rent and rationing control offices may be combined, the eight regional offices may be erased. Clyde Herring will look for ways to consolidate service, eliminate waste...
...Oklahoma the signs are encouraging. When the Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision convicting Alan Shaw, Eli Jaffe and Ina Wood for membership in the Communist Party and possession of literature, most of which can be found in Widener's stacks, the Red Herring was thrust back into its barrel. But the people who prosecute Communists because they are Communists, and the law which they used for their drive against local Reds, are still extant, and their disregard of the Bill of Rights can continue to damage civil liberties...