Word: potatoes
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...Blackburn work program was designed in 1913 to help youngsters from the surrounding farm land afford a college education. In those days the college operated a potato farm and dairy; students lived in old railroad coaches while constructing the campus. Today the college draws students from all over the Midwest, including Chicago and St. Louis. With its low operating costs and an endowment of $12 million, Blackburn offers substantial financial aid to more than 80% of its students. These days, in fact, the work program is often used not merely for economy but as a character builder and educational...
...clouds skid across its face. It's a good Maine road--frost heaves, of course--and it could be almost any place in the Pine Tree State. It could run just out of sight of the ocean up past Damariscotta and Pemaquid. It could run through potato country in Arostook. It could be bordered by blueberry stands, like the roads near Bar Harbor. Pretend there are some mountains, and it could be near Rangeley and the lakes area, or even in the shadow of mighty Katahdin...
...good at interviewing sources and collecting anecdotes. When glaucoma was diagnosed and eyedrops required every two hours, Maria bought a tiny Louis XV timepiece that tinkled an alarm every two hours. Yet she loved nothing better than combing Woolworth's for such "bargains" as a lemon squeezer or potato peeler. A friend remembered a lunch at Claridges during which Maria proudly produced her latest finds. The Callas jealousy was legendary. The sight of her beloved Visconti, who was homosexual, merely talking with Leonard Bernstein sent her into a rage. Yet she did not always take herself seriously...
...Definitive," remarks Commentary Editor Robert Alter, "except for the omission of a computerized convector-current olfactory unit to waft about in seven pre-sequenced patterns the odor of rotten bread, potato peels and scorched flesh...
...older, reducing the automatic annual cost-of-living increase, tightening the scandalously lax $15 billion-a-year disability insurance program. But if the President fails to propose Changes or simply sets up another study group, he will make it clear that he has no stomach for a political hot potato...