Word: citrus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...least temporarily, it may have done so. In West Germany, which annually imports 140 million tons of citrus products from Israel, sales were halted while the fruit was checked out. In The Netherlands, supermarket managers put their Jaffa oranges in cold storage until the poisoning scare blew over...
...aides are concentrating not on buying less from Japan but on selling more to it. Strauss wants the Japanese to abolish quotas on agricultural goods and lower tariffs on myriad manufactured products. Says he: "Right now we're getting the worst of it on computers, calculators, film, citrus fruits, meat, certain textiles." He also wants the Japanese to relax or abolish specification and inspection requirements used to keep out foreign goods. Says Strauss: "To get in there, you have to have 119.3% voltage or something like that-something that just isn't made anywhere but in their country...
...Dade County banning discrimination against homosexuals in housing, employment and public accommodations. Since her victory, gay rightists have used Bryant as the symbol of what they must overcome in order to gain the full rights that are still denied them. Since Bryant promotes orange juice for the Florida Citrus Commission, some gays have been trying to persuade consumers to stop buying the product. The boycott has had only limited success nationally. While sales of orange juice are off about 10% from last fall, growers attribute this to higher prices, resulting from damages to the crop during last winter...
Born Again. The ordinance was enacted last January despite the opposition of Bryant. Now 37, she was a runner-up for Miss America in 1959 and has made several million-record sellers. She earns around $500,000 a year, including $100,000 for extolling Florida citrus fruits on TV. A devout Baptist, Bryant claims she was "born again" at the age of eight. As an entertainer, says Bryant, she sees and tolerates homosexuals. But she opposes this ordinance because it prevents private and parochial schools from discriminating against homosexuals in hiring teachers. Her four children attend a Baptist school. Says...
...SQUEEZE A FRUIT FOR ANITA BRYANT reads the T shirt worn in many of Manhattan's gay bars. But for homosexuals in Miami, Singer Bryant's crusade against gay rights is no joke. A born-again Baptist and TV promoter for the Florida citrus industry, she has spent most of the past three months organizing a drive to repeal Dade County's new ordinance barring discrimination against homosexuals in housing, employment and public accommodations. As a result of two rulings, that issue is scheduled to be settled June 7 in a public referendum...