10 QUOTES WITH «ACRES»
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acres.
When Woodstock ended on Monday morning, over 600 acres of garbage was left behind on Max Yasgur's farm. It took over 400 volunteers and $100,000 to remove it all.
My daughter is here in town doing a play, and her dog is staying with us. We live up in the hills, so he has access to thousands of acres of wilderness.
We've set aside tens of millions of acres of those northwestern forests for perpetuity. The unemployment rate has gone not up, but down. The economy has gone up.
My ultimate dream is for the Irvine Ranch to be known and celebrated as much for the outstanding communities we've planned and built as it is for what is not developed. The beneficiary being the 50,000 acres of undeveloped land that is now permanently preserved and conserved as Open Space and parklands.
When I first joined the Irvine Company, I realized that less than 11,000 acres were designated as open space in the original master plan, and that just didn't seem adequate to me. So, I began the lengthy process working with public and community organizations to add more open space.
It's just a little ranch. Thirty-five acres. In Texas, if it's not a thousand acres, it's considered a ranchette.
You've got a global food problem. You've got a food problem in the United States. You've got a food problem in Africa... in Asia. And so the truth is, the U.S. is going to have to produce more, on not very many more acres, honestly. And so we're going to have to do a better job.
One time we did have 300 acres in watermelons. That was fun.
When I was little, we lived on 8 acres and my mom had a horse. But when I was 7, my mom kicked my dad out, and then in order to feed us five kids, she got critters cheap or for free and raised them for food. We milked a cow, raised chickens, pigs and beef cattle. We heated our one-story house with wood and stayed cold all winter.
It's very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as criminal acts, which was the way we did before 9/11, and then looking at 9/11 and saying, 'This is not a criminal act,' not when you destroy 16 acres of Manhattan, kill 3,000 Americans, blow a big hole in the Pentagon. That's an act of war.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACRES»
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acres in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
acres and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Thousand
Acres: A Novel
From the Trade Paperback edition.
2
Eighteen
Acres: A Novel
Eighteen Acres, a description used by political insiders when referring to the White House complex, follows the first female President of the United States, Charlotte Kramer, and her staff as they take on dangerous threats from abroad and ...
3
Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison
In this disturbing expose, Allen M. Hornblum tells the story of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison.
4
Forty
Acres and Maybe a Mule
Coming alive in plain, vibrant language is this story of the Reconstruction, after the Civil War.
Harriette Gillem Robinet, 2011
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Six
Acres and a Third: The Classic Nineteenth-century Novel ...
Annotation Fakir Mohan Senapati's Six Acres and a Third, originally published in 1901 as Chha Mana Atha, is a wry, powerful novel set in colonial India. Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man
Fakir Mohan Senapati, 2005
6
Five
Acres and Independence: A Practical Guide to the ...
Provides practical information on selecting productive acreage, stocking the tool shed, and raising, storing, and marketing a variety of fruit and vegetable crops
Maurice Grenville Kains, 1973
7
A Few
Acres of Snow: Documents in Pre-Confederation Canadian ...
In this trim new edition, each document is introduced with biographical information about the creator. Brand new chapters discuss the Loyalists in Nova Scotia, the War of 1812, and the Beothuk.
Thomas Thorner, Thor Frohn-Nielsen, 2009
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Acres of Diamonds: Our Everyday Opportunities
If so, you're taking the wrong approach, according to Russell Herman Conwell. In Acres of Diamonds: Our Everyday Opportunities, Conwell advises readers to train their eyes on the valuable opportunities that are already all around.
Russell Herman Conwell, 2009
Russell H. Conwell, Robert Shackleton. As I come here to-night and look around
this audience I am seeing again what through these fifty years I have continually
seen-men that are making precisely that same mistake. I often wish I could see ...
Russell H. Conwell, Robert Shackleton, 2008
In 1864, Morris gave up his business and city life for a farm of 10 acres, made a go of mixed farming, and then wrote a book about it.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACRES»
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acres is used in the context of the following news items.
Vacaville Fire Burns 325 Acres, No Homes Damaged
At that time, the fire was only about 5 acres. Within an hour, it had grown to 100 acres. They said the extremely dry brush and the high winds ... «FOX40, Jul 15»
10000 acres burn in Beasley Hills near Quincy
GRANT COUNTY, Wash. – The Grant County Sheriff said Sunday crews are mopping up a 10,000 acre fire three miles north of Quincy. «KREM.com, Jul 15»
Blaze burns 170 acres near Black Butte Lake
Orland >> A fire burned about 170 acres around 4:30 p.m. Saturday near Black Butte Road, but firefighters were able to contain the blaze in ... «Chico Enterprise-Record, Jul 15»
Mt. Emma Fire burning on 4201 acres 75 miles southeast of St. George
ST. GEORGE, Utah — The Mt. Emma fire is burning on about 4,201 acres as of Sunday, and fire crews plan to transition downward to a Type 4 ... «fox13now.com, Jul 15»
Crash causes watermain break in Lehigh Acres
The Florida Governmental Utility Authority has issued a precautionary boil water notice advisory to approximately 2,000 Lehigh Acres Utility ... «NBC2 News, Jul 15»
Fire in Petroleum County grows to 6000 acres
As of Saturday night, due to strong winds and dry fuels over steep terrain, the fire has spread to 6,000 acres. Today's cool temperatures and ... «KXLH Helena News, Jul 15»
Boil water notice affects 2000 in Lehigh Acres
A car crash caused damage to a utility pole and a 12- inch water main on Homestead Road in Lehigh Acres Sunday morning cutting water to ... «The News-Press, Jul 15»
Twenty-One Mile Grade fire scorches 2200 acres
The Twenty-One Mile Grade fire that began on July 1 has grown to nearly 2,200 acres, fire officials said Sunday. The fire is located about 25 ... «KREM.com, Jul 15»
Cape Horn Fire grows to 600 acres
Officials said the fire quickly grew to 600 acres and is spreading rapidly. Dry land, hot temperatures and steady winds are contributing to its ... «KXLY Spokane, Jul 15»
Blue Fire burns 325 acres, threatens homes near Dixie
DIXIE, Idaho -- The U.S. Forrest Service says it is making progress on the Blue Fire, burning four miles southeast of Dixie. The fire, which was ... «KTVB, Jul 15»
