Word: potatoe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Putting the problem to Congress, Char lie Brannan was too politic to remind its members of what they already knew too well: the potato glut was its baby. The Senate Agriculture Committee handed it back to Brannan, who decided to save the $15 million and dump the spuds...
Come Out? An hour and a half later, the bloodhounds set up a great bass clamor outside a potato shack on the farm of ex-Moonshiner Turner's father. Hogjaw, who likes to boast that he can outrun a horse, was right with the dogs, but the main body of cops all saw fit to maintain a respectful distance and await eventualities. Hogjaw pulled his gun, fired six shots into the shack and bravely bawled: "Come out, you sons of bitches...
When the President had finished, he said he would answer no questions about Formosa: reporters would have to get the answers from the Secretary of State. This hot potato Dean Acheson caught with obvious distaste, although it was he who had first put it in the fire. It was Acheson who persuaded Harry Truman to overrule the Joint Chiefs of Staff on their decision to send military advisers to Formosa (TIME...