Word: corns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that seeks to take over Namibia. Ovimbundu refugees, as a result, are allowed into Namibia to escape the fighting, as are some UNITA guerrillas. One wounded fighter recently showed up at a South African border camp, where he accepted a field bandage for his leg and a meal of corn mash and gravy. Leaving for the combat zone, he cockily echoed a line that the charismatic Savimbi impresses on his followers: "Without the Cubans and the Russians, the M.P.L.A. is lost. They know it and we know...
Banker Hillary Hayes Jr. told the jury his bank in Geneva had needed funds to help local corn farmers who were hurt by last summer's drought. After loaning the treasurer $50,000, he said, the bank received $725,000 in state deposits. Businessman Clay Baker described how he arranged $175,000 in financing for Stars over Alabama, in exchange for 10,000 shares of stock. On another occasion, he said, he obtained from her a $100,000 state deposit for a bank in Tuscumbia...
...refueling vehicle came from Angola packed with jerricans of gasoline. From time to time, cars would stop, allowing passengers to trade loot for food with cheering Zambian villagers; many of the local residents, like the rebels, are members of the Lunda tribe. Impromptu food stands, selling fresh pineapples, corn meal and other staples, sprang up along the line of retreat. Some of the food was given away, but quite a few villagers were seen sporting new T shirts or shoes. There was a holiday air about the retreat. Even the missionaries who travel these roads to bring eagerly awaited medicine...
...Wall Street analyst's version, was born when a General Foods Corp. chemist mixed a little "Kool-Aid technology" with carbon dioxide and came up with Pop Rocks. Crystalline in shape and so far available in three flavors (cherry, orange, grape), Pop Rocks are made of sugar, corn syrup, milk derivative and artificial coloring and flavoring. When the small crystals of candy are placed in the mouth, tiny chambers of trapped CO2 are activated by moisture. The result: a popping and crackling that delights the kids...
...poor mothers lack the pots and/or fuel necessary to boil and therefore sterilize the one bottle and nipple they own. Because the formula is so expensive, it is quite often diluted so that its nutritional content is far from adequate; and some families compose look-alike substitutes out of corn starch and water or tea once the formula runs out. There is no refrigeration to keep the milk from spoiling. Moreover, the instructions on the can are often in a different language from that spoken in the area where these products are sold, so proper preparation is very unlikely...