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...Rhode Island Red is (a) a cross-breed between a Suffolk and Dorset, (b) a member of the Communist Party, (c) a variety of muskmelon, (d) a plant disease, (e) a breed of chickens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Babes in Farm Land | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

...exposed for a while to big-city life in Detroit, he decided in 1964, at 42, to become a publisher in a small Michigan town. He chose Howell (pop. 5,000), in Livingston County, halfway between Detroit and Lansing, where the most reliable source of excitement is the annual muskmelon festival. At least it was until James C. Turner turned crusader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Crusader Comes to Howell | 1/5/1970 | See Source »

...Vagabond last night was roused form slumber by the fitful glare of flames reflected in the inverted muskmelon crowning the Dunster House Tower, whither he had retired in his eternal quest for "dat ole davil" indifference who is reputed to haunt the University. Instinctively he reached for the rope to sound the tocsin but bit his lip when he realized where...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 3/21/1932 | See Source »

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