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...Plow Tomorrow. Como tumbled before a program that is dedicated to finding out how many times the same joke can be repeated. Mountaineer Jed Clampett and his family, worth $25 million because oil was found in their swamp back in the Ozarks, have moved to Beverly Hills to live among the polychrome celebrities of show biz. Pa bought a house built by John Barrymore, and the place is easily large enough to be mistaken for a university. Pa takes an appreciative look at the smooth and gorgeous sweep of lawn and says, "Fine, we'll commence plowing tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: On the Cob | 11/30/1962 | See Source »

...decline in profit margins is especially painful because West Germany is woefully short of money for capital investment. In the booming postwar years, German companies financed most of their pell-mell expansion out of retained earnings. This year, with earnings leaner, German industry will not have so much to plow back into capital investment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Tarnished Miracle | 11/23/1962 | See Source »

Three times Cornell had first downs inside the Harvard five, and three times the Crimson wall went up on the goal line. The Big Red tried to plow through the middle, but each time the young varsity line held fast. Twice the Ithacans had to give up right on the goal line, and the third time Cornell was thrown back to the five for a four-yard loss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEWS OF THE WEEK | 10/13/1962 | See Source »

...accounts, today's contest must have been one of the biggest heart-breakers the Crimson has ever experienced. Three times Cornell had first down inside the Harvard five, and three times the Crimson wall went up on the goal line. The Big Red tried to plow though the middle, but each time the young Crimson line held fast. Twice the Ithacans cans had to give up right on the line, and the third time the Crimson Frank Ulcickas forced Cornell's quarterback to take a four-yard loss, back to the five...

Author: By Jonathan D. Trobe, | Title: Crimson Drops Tense League Opener By 14-12 in Tight Game at Cornell | 10/8/1962 | See Source »

...unconcerned as an old plow horse," said his groom. "He's shy and aloof, and at times he can be a bit uppity, but he can afford to be, now that he is a star." He certainly got star treatment; so that he would not have to tread unfamiliar soil, his trainer imported a truckload of clay for his stall from Goshen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Star over Da Quoin | 9/7/1962 | See Source »

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