Word: basics
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...many of its critics to the medium-size family farm, not just as an economic interest but as the foundation of a clean and virtuous way of life that must be protected. Says Grassley: "It's almost a public utilitarian value to maintain the family farm. It's basic to the humanitarian responsibility of Government...
...farmer a minimum income per bushel, which he can collect from Uncle Sam if private buyers will not pay that much; they keep market prices near the support level. In the case of wheat, which gets more subsidy ($3.8 billion this year) than any other American crop, the basic U.S. support level is $3.30 per bu. and the market price in January averaged $3.37. Some grades have recently sold for 24% more than Argentine wheat...
Crop Loans. These are the basic price-support mechanism. After harvest, the Government lends a farmer money on his unsold crop at a rate set by the Agriculture Department under guidelines established by Congress. If the farmer can sell the crop for more money, he does, repays the loan and pockets the difference. But if market prices are low, the farmer keeps the loan money and the Government takes over the crop. The produce must be stored until it can be sold for more than the loan rate--which could be never...
...choose a lens, but subtler matters such as how to recognize a good picture and how to compose one. How to Watch Pro Football, produced by the National Football League, uses illuminating stop-action photography and expert commentary from N.F.L. coaches, including Tom Landry and Don Shula, to explain basic concepts that are rarely covered by Sunday-afternoon color commentators. One of the most ambitious cassettes is Strong Kids, Safe Kids, in which Host Winkler guides parents and children through a discussion of sexual abuse. If the tone seems somewhat alarmist, the mix of interviews, songs and animated segments brings...
Last year Harvard initiated dialogues with nineteen companies to probe the extent of their active compliance with these basic anti-apartheid principles. The outcome of these dialogues, including those described in the accompanying Progress Report, is as follows. Seven companies initiated concrete steps to demonstrate compliance with the above mentioned principles. Four other companies provided the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR) enough information on their existing activities to satisfy the concerns that had led the CCSR to initiate the dialogue. Communications with three companies are still in progress, and Harvard disposed of the stock of four other companies...