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...into the apple business as a Ph.D. from Columbia who went to Washington to run the state's agricultural testing station. He soon saw that the future of the apple industry lay in dried fruit, and took over the Yakima Valley's biggest packing plant. His first brush with the Government was over a rigid Agriculture Department ruling on how much arsenic spray could be left on apples and pears put on sale. Cardiff, arguing for more arsenic, led a five-year fight to get the Agriculture Department to relax the regulation, and finally won. Later, in four...
Bedews my face from brush-drops thick and thin...
When the ceiling, often considered man's supreme achievement with the brush, was done, Michelangelo had a permanent crick in his neck and small thanks (3,000 ducats) from his grumpy boss...
...miles or so) reached by present-day rockets. All they have managed to recover are a few extra-tough items, such as rolls of film in thick-walled steel cylinders. Parachutes, even if made of steel, do not open until the rocket is falling so fast that the first brush of air resistance burns them up. The highest-flying rocket so far (the two-stage "Bumper WAC Corporal," which rose 250 miles) came back to earth with its steel fins partially fused. The recovery men shudder at the thought of what would happen to Von Braun's returning crews...
...junior is just as well off curled up with a good TV set. There have been shovelfuls of forgettable stories about small, cuddly animals, limp sagas of family life and boneless biographies of the great and neargreat-most of them full of worthy but somewhat dull lessons, such as brush teeth regularly, don't gobble goodies when visiting, and don't talk back to mother...