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...Florida Citrus Bowl...
Clothing and shoe manufacturers, sugar and citrus growers, microchip manufacturers and dairy farmers, all receive some sort of protection or subsidy from a U.S. government seemingly bent on ignoring the long-term prosperity of its people. These economic pressure groups obtain the force of law for the coddling of their interests. In turn, they harm the purchasers of their own products and those in other nations who depend upon these industries for their livelihood...
...paper. His plan for this week's cover story was outlined in a dozen or so brief phrases on a single sheet. He admits he will break discipline for important matters, like taking time off last Wednesday to tune in Berkeley's 37-13 stomping of Clemson in the Citrus Bowl. But he is reassuring: "I wasn't distracted for long, since they had the game won in the first quarter...
...known for being slow to approve potentially life-saving drugs. The agency gained some respect in 1991 as new commissioner David Kessler took aim at the food industry, insisting that nutritional claims on labels be based on scientific fact. The FDA seized brand-name products like Procter & Gamble's Citrus Hill Fresh Choice orange juice that failed to meet strict standards...
...Imperial Valley, which straddles the California-Mexico border, should be bursting with ripe melons ready for shipment to markets around the U.S. Instead, 95% of the fall crop has been lost and much of the rest lies rotting on the vine. Harvests of lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, squash, citrus fruits, table grapes, sugar beets, carrots and cabbages are threatened as well. Total crop losses in Imperial County and nearby Riverside County have already reached $90 million. Says melon grower Ben Abatti, who has been farming in the area since 1956: "It is total disaster...