Word: magnolia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...arbutus and the goldenrod The heart of the North may cheer And sunflower, cactus and poppy To sierra and plain be dear, And jasmine and magnolia The crest of the South adorn; But the wide Republic's emblem Is the bounteous, golden Corn...
...most entertaining aspect of the afternoon was the voice which exuded periodically from the public address system to inform '32 of the various events and excursions which were available to them. A sizable amount of grads, wives, and offspring left to enjoy the sands of Magnolia Beach, but an equally large number stayed behind to vegetate and spectate on the Club grass...
Threats & Heartbreak. The subcommittee turned as purple as the magnolia blossoms on the Mall. Snorted Missouri Democrat Clarence Cannon, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee (who is well equipped to snort): "He is attempting to sandbag us with threats...
...actions. "We are accustomed to that," said Thompson. The facts were that the U.S. Government had not once officially demanded an increase in the allowable production set for the state's oilmen. The requests had come from Humble Refining Co., a Jersey Standard subsidiary, and from Magnolia Oil Co., a Socony subsidiary, both of them major Texas refiners with an economic stake in higher tidewater production...
...between themselves. At tournament's end North Carolina was the new champion (63-55) of the "tobacco triangle," a sleepy corner of eastern Carolina that habitually produces two or three of the finest college teams in the land. Actually, it was a great victory for such fine old magnolia-scented, deep-Southern communities as The Bronx, Brooklyn and Bergenfield...