http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/1998agreement/ en-us Thu, 28 Mar 2002 03:08:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/654812/posts <p>"Selling time," yells Bob Cage, the 78-year-old tobacco auctioneer, signaling the beginning of the day's bidding at the Planter's Tobacco Warehouse in Upper Marlboro.</p> <p>Mr. Cage has been at the center of Maryland's annual tobacco auction for 50 years, he says, and his rising and falling singsong voice announces the prices with a fluidity borne of experience.</p> WASHINGTON TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/654812/posts#comment Thu, 28 Mar 2002 03:08:13 GMT