Word: oat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...called Foreign Policy, because it had neither head nor tail. Another Democrat declared on the floor of the House: "I shall not be surprised if soon it will be heralded to the people that the President is riding this wooden horse for the purpose of cutting down the oat bill at the White House stable...
...luck of the long unlucky "grain belt" remained good. Wheat slumped somewhat, after its recent sharp advance. But its place was taken by corn and oats. The former has risen to over $1.00 a bushel, while the latter has already passed 50?. Since Jan. 1, corn has risen over 20? and oats over 10?, thus adding over $500,000,000 in value to the corn crop and about $125,000,000 to the oat crop. As far as the former is concerned, rising prices of moderate extent for all staple grains is much more beneficial than simply a runaway market...
...Agassiz House last night the Radcliffe Guild and Idler Club gave the first of its performances of "Rollo's Wild Oat" by Clare Kummer. The production, coached by Miss Halman, was well received by the audience, which gave rounds of applause for the apt rendering of the witty lines. There will be a matinee at 2.15 o'clock today and another evening performance...
...Radcliffe Guild will present "Rollo's Wild Oat", a comedy by Clare Kummer in Agassis House on next Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:15 o'clock on Saturday will also be given...
Chains. Three mountainous acts labor and bring forth the mouselike aphorism: "I wonder if, after all, morality isn't just a matter of viewpoint? "A nice mother's heart is lacerated and a slavish father's pocketbook insultingly proffered when their son's wild oat comes to light. The heroine, backed by an open-space brother of the slavish father, carries the day for righteousness with a fine mixture of scorn, patience, idealism. Few of the multitudinous lines are unfamiliar, yet Author Jules Goodman insists on driving the lot home with dogged repetition. Helen Gahagan is courageous under her heavy...