Word: harvests
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...they want to, they can penetrate where they will, though ambush takes its toll. At night, however, the French draw into their forts and garrisoned centers. Then Ho Chi Minh's men steal forth, terrorize peasants, collect taxes (two-fifths of a farmer's rice harvest), and run the countryside almost everywhere...
...harvest of old age," said Cicero, "is the recollection and abundance of blessings previously secured." Cicero wrote of the blessing of serenity achieved by a mellow and philosophical mind. Modern industrial man has a different blessing in view: economic security. And, like Cicero, he feels that it should be "previously secured...
...financed private pen sion plans would contribute a great deal toward making the economy stronger. They would help iron out the economic ups & downs by putting an enormous amount of buying power in the hands of the elderly 7.6% of the population. In securing for them the good sociological harvest of old age, the U.S. might also help stabilize its economy and benefit everyone...
...harvest...
Music Pundit Sigmund Spaeth had toiled through statistics and produced for the New York Times Magazine a list of the half-century's "most popular" songs. His1 list: Sweet Adeline (1903), School Days (1907), Shine On, Harvest Moon (1908), Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1910), Down by the Old Mill Stream (1910), I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad (1911), St. Louis Blues (1914), Smiles (1917), Stardust (1929), God Bless America...