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Word: peach (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kennedy Administration created the Peace Corps based on the same concept as the Alliance for Progress--it was to be an alternative to political change to appease the lower classes of Third World countries. The personal ethics of a Peach Corps volunteer, however, are not always identical to those of the politicians who created it. As an individual, the volunteer can make an effective contribution to social change...

Author: By Jane B. Baird, | Title: The Peace Corps in Guatemala | 12/7/1973 | See Source »

...have been content for the band to break up, so I could hang on to the three albums I had and use them as a pedestal to put him on. But they decided to stay together because he'd have wanted it that way. With Eat a Peach, he might just as well have been alive; he was on all the live cuts, and the three studio pieces were hesitant and highly evocative of his style. I don't mind telling you I was worried...

Author: By Freddy Boyd, | Title: Song of the South | 8/21/1973 | See Source »

...Jessica's" structure allows him those spiralling notes, and quick runs. Leavell's piano solo is similar, with an emphasis on runs and single notes. The structure is simple, with the theme stated in unison at the beginning and end of the piece. The song is directly descended from Peach's "Les Brers in A Minor," which was unique for its Latin influence. In fact, joining the end of "Jessica" to the beginning of "Les Brers" would make an interesting radio exercise...

Author: By Freddy Boyd, | Title: Song of the South | 8/21/1973 | See Source »

...with sweatshops, the 60-hour week and the dark, satanic mills of the 19th century. Yet down on the farm child labor remains a national scandal. Hundreds of thousands of children are working in fields all around the country. They labor in the cherry orchards of Michigan, the peach orchards of Colorado, the tomato fields of New Jersey, the bean fields of Oregon. The practice is especially flagrant in California, the richest agricultural state. After visiting San Joaquin Valley, TIME Correspondent David DeVoss sent this report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDALS: Sweatshops in the Sun | 7/30/1973 | See Source »

...addition, surprise blizzards this spring cut a multimillion-dollar chunk out of livestock herds in the Rockies and Midwest. Iowa alone suffered a loss of 100,000 cattle and 44,000 hogs, worth $30 million. Snowfall and tornadoes cut peach crops in Georgia and South Carolina by 50% or more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMODITIES: A Year of Evil Winds | 7/9/1973 | See Source »

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