Word: broiler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...grower, agreed on a so-called lockup arrangement in which the Nebraska firm can buy some of Holly Farms' operations if the marauding Tyson succeeds in taking over. ConAgra, which already controls 20% of the U.S. beef industry, 33% of the lamb market and nearly 10% of broiler production, would like to bring Holly Farms' Weaver frozen-chicken label into the same shed with its Armour, Banquet and Country Pride brands. Tyson is now suing both companies in an attempt to overturn the lockup deal. Both Tyson and ConAgra are hungry for a bigger helping of the sizzling $7 billion...
...quarters of the customers, says the center's co-director, Janis Tirapelli Jamail, 34, are "professional people making money and taking care of themselves and their life-style." It requires some dedication, since more time is needed to prepare grains and beans than to throw a chop on the broiler. Jamail's husband Randall, a lawyer, has been converting yuppie friends by boasting that his energy level increased dramatically after he gave up meat. "These are power brokers who don't need that 2 p.m. sinking spell," he says. "They want that edge, the extra stamina that gets them ahead...
...their front yard, snow melts off six other refrigerators, piles of tires, three Maytag washing machines, a dozen bicycles, several bed frames and various orderly piles of useful treasures, all harvested from the dump. Their toaster, broiler, blender, coffeepot, clock, heaters and just about every other electrical item in the house are also from the dump, repaired by Ron, along with down jackets, chairs, front ends for cars, wood, French windows and jars for canning...
Hardest hit by the high temperatures and drought were American farmers, who were suffering both physically and financially. Chicken farmers and cattle ranchers in the South and Southwest had the heaviest losses. Fragile broiler chickens may begin to die when temperatures rise above 80°, and egg production of laying hens declines above 90°. Mrs. Jean Cordle of Shelby County, Tenn., gave ice water to her chickens three times a day, but 25 of her 88 hens died, and their production fell from 30 dozen a week to 12 dozen. Livestock owners are taking their animals to market early...
WESLEY IS PISSING on his sister's 4-H diagrams of how to carve a broiled chicken. Emma, in a fit of anger, throws empty tin cans at the farmhouse because her mother took the broiler out of the freezer and ate it. Their father, Weston, came home drunk last night and broke down the front door. Ella, the mother, stands wearily in the kitchen and wonders, "What kind of a family is this...