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...withered away to almost nothing. In the village park the pines had lost their green vigor and the dry earth was dust brown. But everyone, as Reporter George Grim of the Minneapolis Tribune noted, had gathered nonetheless for the community service that features Clarissa's annual harvest festival. They joined in singing...
...Squeeze. It was a harvest almost without precedent in the history of U.S. collective bargaining. Even in the comparable days of 1941, when the U.S. was mobilizing for Lend-Lease, labor unions had to fight every inch of the way for their raises. But this time, with skilled workmen hard to find and mobilization sure to squeeze the labor market tighter, U.S. employers were determined to hang on to their workers by upping their wages. Besides, both labor and management knew Harry Truman had the power to freeze wages any day, and neither wanted to be frozen below the prevailing...
...marines who helped mop up guerrillas. The South Koreans made a landing of their own, from Korean naval craft, some 200 miles down the west coast, at Mokpo. From this port, U.N. forces had access to the rich rice fields of southwest Korea, which are just ready for the harvest...
...cultivated the field; his harmonies became more astringent, the rhythms more incisive, the textures ever tighter. Listeners found much that was either impenetrable or unpalatable, but they also heard tonal colors never produced by four stringed instruments before. In the Fifth (1934) and Sixth (1939), Bartok reaped his harvest. Like Beethoven's last (Op. 155), Bartok's final quartet, composed six years before he died, is full of deep and timeless beauty...
...Cleveland Indians have the biggest harvest in huge First Baseman Lucius ("Luke") Easter and stocky Third Baseman Albert ("Flip") Rosen. Between them they have hit 42 home runs, driven in 119, made pennant contenders of a club that finished fourth last year...