Word: shoat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...days a week Berrigan himself spins out a column of whimsy on such themes as Thailand's heat ("A neighbor's pig was unwise enough to walk into the sun, and the sun rendered him down to a shoat") and the pleasures of ignoring a watch ("We sit here thinking we have plenty of time because the sun is where it is, and the shadow of our pencil is falling at the plenty-of-time angle"). Occasionally Berrigan forgoes his humor, reports with fascination on subjects like dawn coming to a Thai village: "In the quiet hour before...
Soybeans & Sex. It was just such enthusiasm to launch non-paint products that had made Glidden grow as fast as an ABC-and-X-fed shoat. In 33 years, Glidden has expanded from a $2,500,000-a-year paint company into a $200 million-a-year concern with 37 plants in the U.S. and Canada. It turns out hundreds of products, ranging from bug poison to salad dressing, from lacquer to sex hormones. In the past two years, Glidden's new products have included a quick-drying paint (Spred Satin), sweetened coconut shreds that stay fresh until used...