Word: thompson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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GROWTH REGULATION. Growth regulators, those hormone-like substances that control the growth patterns of plants and tell them when to ripen, drop their fruit or prepare for the onset of winter, also have potential for increasing production. Thompson seedless grapes are routinely sprayed with a substance called gibberellic acid, which promotes cell growth and helps produce plumper fruit. A Monsanto product called Polaris is being used experimentally to increase sugar production: sprayed on fields, the chemical enhances the ripening of sugar canes. This, it is believed, boosts their sucrose content and may raise their yield of raw sugar...
Engaged. James ("Big Jim") Thompson, 40, towering (6 ft. 6 in.) Republican candidate for Governor of Illinois; and Jayne Ann Carr, 30, an Illinois assistant attorney general. Before he resigned last July after four years as U.S. Attorney for northern Illinois, Thompson had successfully prosecuted several big wheels-and many smaller ones-in Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's Democratic machine, plus former Governor Otto Kerner (see below...
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...Bobby Thompson shot an 85 while freshman Gene Purdy had an 86. Dave Paxton turned in an 88 to lose his match and three dollars in a side wager with McNealy. John Bartlett...
Next year the team will lose only two players, McNealy and Thompson. "I think the future looks bright," Taylor concluded...