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When is a sandwich not a sandwich? Answer: when it consists of roasted breast of chicken, green salad, tomato, lettuce, a carrot slice and fried parsley-all on a piece of bread. At least that is the view of Pan American World Airways, which last week was embroiled in a heated metaphysical battle with its European competitors over the nature of Lord Montagu's invention. The International Air Transport Association has agreed that airlines may serve only sandwiches on their new cut-rate transatlantic flights v. free full meals on regular flights. Pan American, which still considers the sandwich...
...irrigated Central Valley, spring soaked apricot trees, vineyards, alfalfa stands, tomato rows and the hopes of thousands of farmers. Sample casualty: the cotton grower, afraid that he would not be able to work his fields before the normal May 10 planting deadline; to work them later would mean the risk of bad weather during the fall picking season, lower-grade cotton, lower prices. Cotton was a $250 million crop in the valley last year...
...Johnson's mental alarm clock went off just before 7 o'clock. He swept his long black hair out of his eyes, smoothed it over the thinning area on top of his head. Then he pushed the bedside buzzer for Cook Zephyr Wright to bring up his tomato juice, pink Texas grapefruit, venison sausage (made from a deer Johnson shot last fall) and half a cup of Sanka. He devoured his breakfast, along with the latest Congressional Record, its ink still wet enough to stain his fingers. By 7:30 he was in the bathroom, working...
Smoke for Heat. Many fought back at the cold. Around the Lake Okeechobee area, vegetable growers tried desperately to warm the land by raising the level of water in the canals, or plowing soil loosely over young tomato plants for insulation. Citrus growers, their groves all but stripped of fruit and leaves, lit smudge pots, and when these gave out, blackened the sky by burning old auto tires. Preliminary estimates of the citrus-crop loss, on the low side, showed that the expected 142,500,000-box yield of oranges, grapefruit and tangerines has been cut back...
...said his name was George, and he had a beard. He seemed to be a Leader, for the others listened to his words, and nodded when he paused. After a mustard tomato on rye with a dash of carrot sauce, he loosened up and began to speak...