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...Within the Soviet people and even inside the Communist dogma there are, however, seeds of freedom, and these, if not destroyed by wars or economic plights, might possibly sprout some day into genuine democracy...
...deep. In Tokyo and to the south, an early frost sparkled on the richly tinted autumn leaves. But as the trees shed their leaves, Japanese shed their kimonos, one by one, to sell for food. They even devised an ironic name for their wretched existence: takenoko, after the bamboo sprout which peels, layer by layer...
Finding this raw material quickly and completely demands patience, imagination and a real knowledge of the resources of the morgue each librarian is responsible for. Their work, however, would be painfully handicapped if the morgue were left to sprout at will. To keep it vigorous, its files have to be constantly pruned of dead material. For example, although some 600 new names are added to the biography file every month, an equal number of folders whose subjects are no longer of news interest are weeded out - illustrative, perhaps, of a journalistic axiom that it takes a very staunch, or lucky...
William Bradford Sprout...
...newly-planted House lawns will sprout soon-asparagus, peas, cucumbers, squash...