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...cereal and vegetable foods in all the villages under their control and made an inventory of all sheep, cattle and yaks. Politically docile Tibetans were doled out 25 Ibs. of grain a month; less trusted Tibetans got only 17. In most cases the ration consisted of wheat and barley husks rather than the grain itself, or of poor-quality grain usually fed only to animals...
...pebbles," recalls Vincent's great uncle, Chief Farmer Abel Thibout, "the peasants shook their heads and said, 'Don't remove them; they shade the soil and help the crops grow.' " But in eight months the city kibbutzers had cleared 185 acres and planted potatoes, beans, barley and other grains. Their potato crop astonished local government agriculture experts, and they have done so well with their other crops that government agencies have lent them better land, banks are considering loans, and property values in the neighborhood are on the rise...
...those sworn to uphold the laws. Should the Confederacy be established, such shenanigans would be of no more than parochial interest, to be regarded by the 37 United States in the same light as revolts in Iran . . . The Southerners could buy our automobiles and we would buy their textiles. Barley would go for bourbon and books for petroleum. The U.S. would undoubtedly do the handsome thing by sponsoring the C.S.A. for entry into the United Nations, where Khrushchev & Co. would soon learn a thing or two about the fine art of obstructionism...
...Hayato Ikeda, 60, is a hard man with a yen and a free man with his tongue. Back in 1951, as Finance Minister under Premier Shigeru Yoshida, he stirred up a storm by suggesting that if peasants could not afford rice under his austerity program, "then let them eat barley." A year later, while waging war on the black market, he lost his post as Trade Minister for remarking that "if black marketeers are driven to suicide by my methods, it can't be helped...
Circle & Cross. As Dr. Rajewski and his crews sifted the mud, they discovered what the people ate, wore and worshiped. They raised wheat, barley and other crops, which they cultivated with small plows. The women wove cloth out of wool and flax, sewed with bronze needles...