Word: oed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...progressive North Carolina, farmers are delighted with their new agriculture. Once abandoned farms have been turned into terraced grain fields. Said Farmer L. O. Page, who goes in for strip cropping: ''Every time it rained, I used to lie awake nights wondering what part of the farm would be washed away in the morning. These nights I sleep like a kitten. I know those meadow strips will catch and hold the water...
...horse to run against Citation in a winner-take-all race, many a sentimental horseplayer in the stands tried to fill out the empty track with bygone horses. How would Citation look against Equipoise, Count Fleet, Exterminator? How far off the pace, or how far in front would Man o' War be at the half? (Old Big Red had been eye-catching, with his giant 24-foot stride...
...twelve tedious weeks, the New York Post Home News belabored its readers with an exhausting, antiphonal series called "An Appeal to Reason." One of the alternate authors was Co-Editor and Co-Publisher T. O. ("Ted") Thackrey, who was for Henry Wallace; Co-Editor and Co-Publisher Dorothy S. ("Dolly") Thackrey (who is also the owner) was for Tom Dewey. Last week the Thackreys outdid themselves. In a four-page election supplement, readers were not only told which local candidates the Post Home News favored, but which ones the Thackreys disagreed on. Example: Thackrey favored Communist Simon W. Gerson...
...They substituted an insulated concrete-slab floor for hardwood floors, eliminated the basement in favor of a utility room with a hot-water heater, put an oil heater in the living room and left closets doorless. They got the cost of the unassembled house down to $2,089 f-o.b. the plant. Added costs of erection, wiring, plumbing, etc., said Jim Price, should keep the house under $6,000 on a site costing no more than $650. (They have been limiting shipments to a 500-mile radius but now expect to ship anywhere.) Said Price...
They lost center Paul O'Brien and tackle Dick Guidera for at least a week. They lost Captain Ken O'Donnell for the rest of the season. And they lost to Princeton...