Word: carrot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...funds only to communities that are willing to accept housing projects for the poor. The Federal Government, however, will not force low-income housing on anyone. As one Administration official put it: "We're not swinging a big stick. We're just saying we can withdraw the carrot...
...repellent. Yet what the U.S. now has may be even worse: economic manipulation of the manpower market without adequate long-range planning. The buildup of the scientists and engineers after Sputnik was accomplished at considerable public expense with grants to students and universities from dozens of Government agencies. The carrot, not the stick, filled the graduate schools with young scientists?and then to their dismay and confusion, the carrot was withdrawn...
Hard-Line Successor. Though a measure of impatience in Moscow was most likely a factor in Ulbricht's exit, many analysts attributed his resignation chiefly to ill health. Ulbricht is an ardent health faddist who used to do rigorous daily exercises and still quaffs great quantities of a carrot-colored health drink. But for some time he has been unable to put in a full ten-hour day at his desk. He departed more gracefully than any East bloc party boss so far. He was able to hand-pick a successor whose views are as hard-line...
...foods sold in organic shops can reach for the exotic: carrot cupcakes, sunflower-seed cookies and countless varieties of honey, including alfalfa, avocado, tupelo blossom, eucalyptus, mesquite and thistle. Manhattan's Good Earth market offers 13 varieties of dates (among them Halawy, Khadrawy and Zahidi*), three types of yogurt, including goat, organic ice cream and pizza and 125 types of herbal teas. The strawberries, lettuce, tomatoes and chicken can hardly be distinguished from those in conventional markets-except, aficionados insist, by healthfulness and taste. The most striking difference is price: 25% to 50% more than regular foods...
...chance to think about smoking, but as soon as I'm well, I'll start again. I'm weak, I know I'm weak." Obviously, Alan's motivation is already shaky: "You can't just stand around at cocktail parties smoking a carrot," he complains...