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NEBRASKA FACING A HARD CHOICE: TO ABANDON CASH CROPS OR COWS...
...meantime, those who cultivate crops are being forced to make some tough economic decisions. When it became clear that irrigation water pumped in from a Cheyenne, Wyo., reservoir would not last the growing season, farmers like Roberts were faced with a choice: Which crops should they abandon? Roberts had to pick between corn, a primary cash crop, and alfalfa, essential for feeding cows. He decided he needed feed more than cash...
...support an expansion of the 5,000-member international peacekeeping force now policing Kabul so it can be deployed beyond the capital, but Washington has no intention of taking the lead. At the same time, President Bush has sought to reassure allies that the U.S. military will not abandon Afghanistan, even with the hunt for bin Laden slowing and a showdown with Iraq looming. "We're not leaving," he said...
...billion rights issue to plug next year's funding gap. But that's a flimsy plaster for a company that hemorrhaged ?8.3 billion last year and ?12.2 billion in this year's first half. Already, in the meeting that saw Bon's departure, FT voted to abandon MobilCom, which will likely throw the German cellular company into bankruptcy. But that was probably the easiest step in a restructuring that may need to reverse FT's entire strategy and hive off even the most prized possessions to cut debt. "I think they only have one material asset to sell outside...
...consistency, and Bush has not always displayed it. He calls for democracy in Iraq and Palestine--but not in such U.S.-friendly autocracies as Saudi Arabia. He is an avowed free-trader, but he has boosted domestic farm subsidies and protectionist tariffs on foreign steel. He has had to abandon many foreign policy campaign pronouncements in favor of policies closer to the allies'. He at first opposed international peacekeepers for Afghanistan but then agreed; at first opposed extending their mandate but then agreed; at first barred U.S. troops from joining the peacekeepers but now has Green Berets guarding Afghan President...