Word: corns
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...costs of fuel and food account for about half of the present inflation. But oil prices are dictated by the OPEC cartel, and food prices have been sent skyward by capricious weather. A combination of heavy spring rain, summer drought and early fall frost has already reduced crops of corn, wheat and soybeans, boosting the cost of everything from bread to salad oil, and feed for cattle and hogs. In August alone, the wholesale price of farm and food products rocketed 7.6%, and some Government economists believe that retail food prices could go on rising at close to 15% throughout...
...Environmental Protection Agency forbade the use of the pesticides aldrin and dieldrin on corn and citrus crops. Because such spraying accounts for 90% of the chemicals' usage, EPA'S action is a virtual ban. Shell Chemical Co., the sole U.S. producer, is appealing the decision in federal court. The pesticides now protect the crops from cutworms and other insects. But they are so long-lasting that they get into animal feed, water supplies, and thus into human food as well. What the pesticides do to people is still unknown. But they have been found to trigger cancers...
...University after emigrating to the U.S., and his clownish alter ego taught at "Quirn." The Oxford English Dictionary directs the student to "Quern," which derives in its first definition from a variety of languages, including old High German, Swedish and Russian ("Zhernov"), and means "a simple apparatus for grinding corn." The second definition is "a large piece of ice." These are not illuminating; but "obsolete variant of kern" leads directly to "corn," and to "kernel," of which "cornel" is a disused form. Has the butterfly been caught? Not necessarily. It should not be overlooked that "kern" in its old Celtic...
Actually, the U.S. has relatively limited economic clout against the oil-producing nations, as Ford well knows. The oil countries depend on the U.S. for wheat, corn and tobacco generally, but they could get these from alternate sources. They do buy American petroleum-industry equipment, but for the U.S. to embargo such exports would be self-defeating. If the U.S. held back on sales of armaments or commercial aircraft, two major export items, the Arabs could easily find substitutes elsewhere, albeit of lower quality in many cases. The most compelling U.S. argument is actually an appeal to Arab self-interest...
Before we end up on a reservation with handouts of corn, let's get off our individual backsides and go to work. Increased productivity would give us needed cash, jobs and lower prices. We need positive, individual leadership, by example, from company presidents, union leaders and, yes, the media...