Word: seeds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...split, regrouped and came back with five backing Chichi and four supporting Sugar Producer Roberto ("Nino") Chiari, who, as it happens, is Chichi's cousin. "Ceci" Remón made herself Chichi's campaign manager, stumping the country making speeches and giving away cooking pots, packets of seed and bottles of medicine, all bearing plugs for Remón. Chiari warned voters against a military man; Remón countered that a highly respected general name of Eisenhower was running for President in a country to the north...
Dick Lincoln's boat will race the big one, with Lowell Laporte's crew in the jayvee spot. Varsity boating are Lindy Watkins, 7; Ted House, 6; Randy Seed, 5; Ray Burns, 4; Steve Leland, 3; Bob Lofgren, 2; Joe Brown, bow. Bruce Williams...
...bought 171,000 tons of fertilizer (superphosphate and ammonium sulphate) on world markets; 50,000 tons have already been unloaded at Pusan and Inchon. Except in a few drought-stricken areas, there is enough seed rice for this year's crop. For those who cannot pay or get credit, seed and fertilizer are doled out free. The myun jons, or township supervisors, are settling disputes and watching out for claim jumpers. So far there has been little trouble: by annihilating one farm family in ten, war has made enough land...
...groups, the percentage is much lower; out of a class of 60, only 15 may be baptized. Sheen vigorously disclaims any personal credit for these conversions. He considers himself merely "a spiritual agriculturist [who] tills the soil. All the tilling in the world would make no difference if the seed had not been dropped...
...heavier of the two boats is stroked by veteran Ray Burns. Lindy is at seven, Ted House at six, Randy Seed at five, Dick Lincoln at four, Oliver Leland at three, Bob Lofgren at two, and Joe Brown...