Word: instead
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...this country is only described in passing ("the tricky proliferation of America: an unfolding maze of Saturday movies, roller skating rinks, picnic grounds, church ladies, colored people...") but the beginning of the story has already indicated what effect it has had upon her parents: "They use paper napkins instead of the linen, rolled up in napkin rings; they like Pepperidge Farm bread and even Jello." The tale is, on a number of counts very sad, Miss Halley's prose is rich and evocative, and the story's exquisite construction succeeds in delaying the point until the very...
...MacDonald had a farm, 175 acres or so, where he and his two sons raised corn and hogs. His income had plummeted during the Eisenhower administration and he was anxious to examine the initial statements of the Nixon and Kennedy farm policies. Then, instead of voting on election night, he walked down to the Grange Hall to mope quietly with the rest of his friends...
Operation Consume, the Republican program, offers to repay the farmer in kind for land which he agrees to take out of production. Under this program, no farmer would receive funds from the Federal government. Instead, for example, a wheat-grower will allow his land to lie fallow, receiving the equivalent amount of grain from the Federal storage bin. He would then sell this wheat at market prices...
...Instead, reaching back into school years, they dredge up the alternatives they once rejected, looking for a solution to the present problem in a reconsideration of the past decision. The situation is easier for the prep school product, for he is often more accustomed to accepting a B as a satisfactory grade, something which is harder for the high school graduate who has always led his class. But since preppies generally do not work as hard as their high school confreres, the difference tends to even...
...varsity sailing team this weekend proved conclusively the problem which plagued it earlier in the season. Instead of losing by their usual slim point margin, the Crimson skippers placed sixth in a nine-school fleet at the Denmark trophy races in New London...