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...years had France seen such rain. Farmers slogged stolidly out to their fields to harvest the sodden crops, mill the grain and send it on its way. In little (pop. 4,400) Pont-Saint-Esprit, perched on a bluff along the River Rhone in southern France, the townspeople sat glumly in their bistros sipping wine, watching the swollen river slip past the medieval bridge which gives the town its name...
...harmonizing of such mixed ideas lies Disraeli's fascination. Author Pearson, offering no startling new discoveries of his own but gleaning gracefully through the biographical harvest of more plodding predecessors, has written one of the most readable sketches of the year...
...food in China? "Excellent -really excellent. It's no problem and never will be. They've solved the transportation problem and that's solved the food problem and the harvest problem. The freight and passenger service is really marvelous. Incredibly efficient. I was on the Peking-Mukden train not long ago. It was a beautiful train and on time for 24 hours. Not one minute ahead and not one minute behind." Could Winnington write stories critical of the Red regime? "But why on earth should anyone want to write criticisms when there are so many really wonderful...
...Passed and finally sent to the White House a bill calling for a $190 million food loan to famine-threatened India, after it had been debated for about as long as it takes to seed, grow and harvest a good crop of spring wheat...
Viet Minh Communists, holed up in the bare limestone hills around the mouth of the Red River, looked down on the rice harvesters in the fertile, French-held delta, and decided they must fight for their food. The tactical plan: infiltrate guerrilla bands into the busy harvest land to extort grain from the peasants, carry it back into the hills at night. To cover their rice forays, they first launched a strong diversionary attack...