Word: potatoes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...children were being forced by law to attend a "Roman Catholic institution ... in which sectarian instruction is given." If she wins, Illinois will have to do some quick revamping of its policy in Catholic communities. Said one school official of Mrs. Larson's test case: "A hot potato...
...shall never forget the magnificent sight of the Golden Gate Bridge, the tranquillity of San Francisco Bay, and the beauty of the city as seen from the sea"). In the midst of the shipboard ceremonies, the Prince took time off for a snack of hot dogs, hamburgers and potato salad...
...potato crisis of those years may now be repeated in a number of other (and more basic) crops. Neither the New Deal nor the Fair Deal solved the farm problem. In the mid-'30s artificial scarcity concealed the problem; in the 1940s, temporary high demand obscured it. Now the old question, shorn of its camouflage, has landed on Benson...
...Potato Pusher. He became a county agent, toured his area teaching new farming methods to the oldsters and building up 4-H Clubs for the young. He made such a name for himself that he became an economist for the University of Idaho's extension service at the age of 30. He helped boost the new Idaho Cooperative Council; as its executive secretary, he was behind a publicity campaign that helped put Idaho baked potatoes on restaurant menus all over the U.S. Benson caught the eye of others in the farm-cooperative movement, in 1939 was offered a Washington...
...More aggressive selling. Benson has not forgotten what salesmanship did for the Idaho potato...