Word: weathering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...each farmer what to plant?" In the Soviet Union, after 38 years of Communism, production of some major foods (meat, butter, milk) has fallen below czarist levels; in Iowa, during the same period, production has increased 60%. One visiting Russian last week credited Iowa's prosperity to good weather. "Our rainfall is so much less," he said. At the end of their first week in Iowa, the Russians had said nothing about the real difference between farming in the U.S.S.R. and in the U.S.: freedom. But Iowans hoped they understood that the difference meant prosperity and a full realization...
With Geneva and wilting weather copping the headlines, Tennessee's unwilted Democratic Senator Estes Kefauver inspiredly produced a composite of attributes for the perfect, unbeatable politician (who turned out to be 2/15 Republican, 13/15 Democratic. The Keef's Republicans: Dwight Eisenhower for his smile, Maine's Senator Margaret Chase Smith for her gracious charm. The Democrats: Adlai Stevenson for his wit, Missouri's Senator Stuart Symington for good looks, Georgia's Senator Walter George for his voice, Oregon's Senator Wayne Morse for mental agility, Georgia's Senator Richard Russell for fairness, Washington...
...last week. "My fingers taste the sound; my ears taste the sound. I can't explain it-I just am closer." For Shaw this first permanent conducting is a combination training ground and experiment in audience acceptance. Instead of programming the light music usually served up to hot-weather audiences, he is putting San Diegans through a stiff summer course...
...Warm-Weather Cheers. Chicago's optimists had a hard time believing Slats. The Sox, after all, had an unnerving and persistent failing called a June swoon, a mid-season slump that started them sliding toward the second division. But last week, even the diehards agreed that Marion's cold-weather prediction might pan out. The White Sox took two out of three games from the disintegrating Yanks; they split a four-game series with the Boston Red Sox and at week's end they were scrapping with the Yanks and Indians for the league lead...
Furthermore, good weather and fewer insects pushed the yields up for most crops. Corn farmers were well on their way towards producing an estimated 3,449,667,000 bushels, 16% more than last year's drought-affected crop...