Word: plows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Horse Sense. In Chicago's outskirts a plow horse named Admiral, wearied of the heat, broke the traces and charged down the street to a tavern, lined up against the regulars, plumped his nose on the bar and was rewarded with a free beer. His master, tired of searching for him, dropped into the bar for a quick one, spied the horse; they had another beer together and went back to their plowing...
...were first paraded, armed, with music and flags, before Allied officers, in each provincial capital and sizable town. At the end of the parade route were placed several empty army trucks, and some spielers who continuously plugged the example of Garibaldi in discarding his gun and returning to the plow when his work as a soldier was done...
...millions of Italians felt: "We are now waiting to see what the government does with its chance. We know that we have to get up early in the morning to work. What we want is to be sure that there will be work to fill the day, furrows to plow, and bread to earn." The Communists' greatest fear was that the Christian Democrats would give that peasant what he wanted...
Mayhem & Haw. In Murfreesboro, Tenn., Herman Robertson sued Clyde Hunter for $1,500 damages, declared that Hunter had bitten off his lip, and that consequently his plow mule no longer understood his directions...
...schools; $1.20 for the roads; 40 cents for the poor; and 50 cents for the town debt--a total of $5.50. Even though this still represents a substantial increase over the more usual $4 tax rate, the citizens of Calais took another look at their new snow plow and willingly agreed...