Word: seed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mangelsdorf was known internationally for his research on the origins and breeding of corn. The inexpensive seed corn he developed is used widely now in the American Southwest and Latin America...
...teaching and leadership, he has notably advanced botanical studies; by his painstaking research, he has found new seed to feed the world's hunger," read the citation that accompanied his honorary degree...
...below, near Alta, 60 miles from Sioux City, workers in a seed-corn company's research field returned from a lunch break to a startling discovery. In the midst of the corn stood a cone-shaped piece of wreckage, 12 ft. long and 8 ft. high. On one scrap, an inscription clearly read ENG. 2. Some five miles away, other pieces, including sections of the multiple blades of a turbofan engine, were found...
...vain to return. Some of them embarrassed themselves. Some of them got flattened. Boxing experts snicker that there are only two kinds of opponents Foreman can be counted on to defeat. One kind is hooked up to a respirator. The other can be found lying on a sesame-seed bun in the company of pickles and catsup...
This was a reference to a trick or two Chang used to upset Lendl, who was more than just the top seed in the tournament. For most of four years, the Connecticut Czech with the gloomy eyes and great forehand has been the finest tennis player in the world. After 15th-seeded Chang lost the first two sets 6-4, he won the next two 6-3. But in the fifth set and hour, Chang's legs began to complain, and the banana cure he tried during the breaks could not hold off the cramping. Wobbling, Chang decided the best...