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...oldtime physician, estimate that she is 7½ months pregnant. She She wears the voluminous maternity dress of that day, but pregnant ladies then rarely so displayed themselves. She also carries, appropriately, a sheaf of wheat and I had thought also a shuttle of wool...
Sculptor Crawford endowed his Armed Liberty with every cliche available-an olive branch, a wreath of wheat and laurel, the customary sword and shield. "These emblems are such.'' said he confidently, "as the mass of our people will easily understand." But somewhere along the line the olive branch was dropped, and for the head wreath Crawford substituted a liberty cap in a tribute to the freeing of the Phrygian slaves in ancient times. This was too much for Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. As a result, part of an eagle with a lot of feathers was scrunched...
...Virgin Mary herself is no cool, pale fresco by Fra Angelico-blue rings encircle her eyes in her "dark, wheat-colored skin," and she is miserable about her son Jesus' brooding and preaching: "God sent me but one boy, and he a blemished one." She wants him to be a man "like everyone else . . . Let him marry a nice young girl from a respectable home-with a dowry; let him be a liberal provider, have children, and then we'll all go out together every Saturday to the promenade-grandma, children and grandchildren-so that everyone can admire...
...defense spending that was $225 million above estimates. Principal factors were relentless pressure on all fronts against federal spending-16 of the 22 major Government agencies spent less than anticipated-and some luck down on the farm. Bad weather at home and good demand from abroad made for lighter wheat crops and heavier cotton exports, helped cut Department of Agriculture outlays by $277 million...
...million-an increase of 65 million over the present total, or the equivalent of the population of Brazil. To help India feed this huge population during the next five years, the U.S. has agreed to lend $1.3 billion to pay for 17 million tons of U.S. surplus wheat and rice (TIME, May 16). But ultimately, India's economic stability will depend on learning to feed itself. And that will be up to the khaki farmers...