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“Retrograde time is forward time which has passed the turning point; then as it turns back it is freighted with the load of accumulated knowledge. It is information rich. Logically, then, in its retrograde tracking, it would divest itself of its knowledge: teach rather than learn, so that when it arrived at the other end, it would be information poor, even info empty.”

“Retrophrenology: It works like this. Phrenology, as everyone knows, is a way of reading someone's character, aptitude and abilities by examining the bumps and hollows on their head. Therefore - according to the kind of logical thinking that characterizes the Ankh-Morpork mind - it should be possible to mould someone's character by giving them carefully graded bumps in all the right places. You can go into a shop and order an artistic temperament with a tendency to introspection and a side order of hysteria. What you actually get is hit on the head with a selection of different size mallets, but it creates employment and keeps the money in circulation, and that's the main thing.”

“Retrouver l'appartement au retour de vacances est délicieux : il pue un peu, il sent notre famille et c'est une odeur si rassurante, on ne la sent comme ça si concentrée qu'une fois par an, les fenêtres sont restées fermées, les odeurs de cuisine ont eu le temps de s'évaporer totalement, et il ne subsiste plus qu'un parfum très dense qui mêle le bois des meubles, leur vernis, une très légère décomposition des rideaux et des dessus de lit, un effritement imperceptible de la peinture des murs. Je me précipite dans ma chambre pour vérifier que tout est là : je redeviens son propriétaire. J'ouvre un tiroir où une partie de la fameuse odeur est encore plus concentrée : j'y prends mon album de timbres.”

“Return to a simpler life, and you will see that behind the expensive cars, the fashionable clothes, the empty celebrities, the fancy houses and the thick layers of make-up life has real meaning. Behind all the lies there is a deep well of wisdom that we can all drink from, and grow wiser, healthier and happier.”

“Return to Shaoshan I regret the passing, the dying, of the vague dream: my native orchards thirty-two years ago. Yet red banners roused the serfs, who seized three-pronged lances when the warlords raised whips in their black hands. We were brave and sacrifice was easy and we asked the sun, the moon, to alter the sky. Now I see a thousand waves of beans and rice and am happy. In the evening haze heroes are coming home.”

“Return to: U. S. Department of Agriculture ESCS/Statistics, Room 0005 So. Bldg. 14th & Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20250 H£AT ·-·-- ·-----··--- --- ACREAGE YIELD PRODUCTION By States, 1866- 1943 • All wheat • Winter wheat • All spring wheat • Spring wheat other than durum • Durum wheat U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service February 1955 STATISTICAL BULLETIN NO. 158 INDEX :Spring :Spring . . All Wheat . . . . All :Wheat STATE: All ; Winter; Spring: Other : Durum: STATE All ; Winter ; Spring : Other :Durum :Wheat Wheat Wheat : Than • Wheat; Wheat : Wheat : Wheat :Than Wheat : Durum: : Durum: Page Page Page .Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Ala, 17 40 Nev. 24 47 62 Ariz. 23 46 N.H. 3 Ark. 18 41 N.J. 4 28 Calif, 25 48 N.Mex. 22 45 61 Colo. 22 45 61 N.Y. 4 27 51 Conn. 3 N.C. 14 37 Del. 12 35 N.Dak. 10 57 66 68 Ga. 15 38 Ohio 6 29 53 Idaho 21 44 60 Okla. 19 42 Ill. 7 30 54 Oreg. 25 48 63 Ind. 6 30 53 Pa, 5 28 52 Iowa 9 32 56 S.C. 15 38 Kans. 11 34 58 S.Dak. 10 33 57 66 68 Ky. 16 39 Tenn. 17 40 Maine 2 50 Texas 19 42 Md. 13 36 Utah 23 46 62 Mich. 7 31 54 Vt, 3 51 -- Minn. 8 32 55 65 67 Va. 13 36 Miss. 18 41 Wash. 24 47 63 Mo. 9 33 56 W.Va. 14 37 Mont. 20 43 59 Wise. 8 31 55 Nebr. 11 34 58 Wyo. 21 44 60 REGIONS REGIONS N.Atl. 5 29 52 S.Cent, 20 43 N. Cent. 12 35 59 West. 26 49 64 S.Atl. 16 39 u.s. 2 27 50 65 67 WHEAT BY CLASSES - - - - Page 69 * * * * * For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.' C. - Price 40 cents WHEAT: ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION, BY STATES, 1866 - 1943 Presented in this report are estimates of acreage planted and harvested, yield per harvested acre, and produ2tion for all wheat, winter wheat, all spring wheat, durum wheat, and other spring wheat. Tables are presented for each kind of wheat estimated for each State. for the Geographic Divisions, and for the United States. Also included is a table, for the United States only, showing production of wheat by classes. Estimates of all wheat cover the period from 1866 (or from the first year in which estimates were made) to 1943, inclusive; estimates of winter wheat and ali spring wheat for States growing both kinds coveT the period from 1909, when separate series were initiated, to 1943, inclusive; estimates of durum wheat and other spring wheat cover the period from 1919 to 1943, inclusive; the estimates by classes cover the period from 1919 to 1949, inclusive. The series for planted acreage begins in 1909 for winter wheat, in 1919 for all spring wheat and all wheat; and in 1926 for durum and other spring wheat. Estimates for the period 1944-49, except wheat by classes, are contained in Statistica,l Bulletin Number 108, issued in March 1952 • Estimates since 1950 for all series are presented in the Annual Summary of Crop Production published in December of each year. ALL W'-!EAT: A ::REAGE, n-.:LD, MD PRODUCTION, 1866 - 1943 UNITED STATES ---7---- 1 Yi9ld: i'---- -,:-- -,---- -,-Yie!d_:_---- :,---:-- -A~r;a;e--- 7 Yieid I----- : Acreage : per : Pro- :: : Acreage 1 per : Pro- :: : __________ : per : ProYear : hd~- : har- : ductivn ::Year : har- : har- : duction ::Year : : : nar- : duction : vested : vested: :: : vested : vested: :: : Planted :Harvested: vested: ___ .:._ ___ ..,. .:_ _a~r~.!. ____ -·~ ___ : _____ : _ _!C!e_: _____ .!.=- __ ..!. ____ .!. ____ ..:. _a_£r~ 1. ____ _ Thous. Bu. ~··us. bu. Thous. Bu. Thous. bu. Thous. Bu. Thous. bu. 1<'366 1867 1368 lil69 lil70 1371 11372 1873 1374 1875 1876 1377 1378 1879 1880 1·3Bl B82 1883 1884 1885 1986 1887 1988 1889”

“Returning from the wilderness a man becomes a restorer of order, a preserver. He sees the truth, recognizes his true heir, honors his forbears and his heritage, and gives his blessing to his successors. He embodies the passing of human time, living and dying within the human limits of grief and joy.”

“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

“Returning my voice to a conversational level, I called back, “Nora, I’m not attempting to embarrass you or single you out. I know you’re capable. But stay behind Chas, okay? You die, you d i e permanently, and for various reasons that we’ve already gotten angsty about together, I don’t want that to happen.” “Okay, okay,” she sighed. “Angsty?” Chas asked. “Ooh! Later, details!” “Yes, later.” With that, I waved the team forward.”

“Returning to bed, Rachel strokes Zachariah's black curls as he drifts into sleep and appreciates the shape and fractal geometry there, the self-similarity and infinity of scale. She breathes in at his scalp, then presses her ear to his, listening for the clamour of voices within, to the long line of fighting men who made him, his head a seashell. There is a template for the fighting man. Rachel listens across three times nine countries, as the fairy-tale saying goes, across three times nine countries in the thirtieth tsardom . . .”