Word: corns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Toad's was that Mondale took fright at the possibility of being linked to the leftist politics of Wallace, who when dropped by Franklin Roosevelt in 1944 went off and formed a radical third party. The ceremony decorously dwelled on Wallace's contributions to hybrid seed corn, which cooled Mondale off. But there was never much enthusiasm for Mondale at Toad...
Last week Quaker Oats learned that South Carolina had found its Flako corn-muffin mix had more EDB than federal guidelines permit. "We're not happy about it," said Ron Bottrell, a worried Quaker Oats spokesman. "This was our first product to be found out of compliance anywhere." In Ohio, Minnesota and North Dakota, General Mills voluntarily took Bisquick off the shelves, while South Carolina and Alabama recalled the company's Betty Crocker white-cake mixes...
...answer questions from confused consumers, General Mills set up 13 telephone hot lines in several states. When New York officials discovered that lot 3297-D of Borden's Cracker Jack Extra Fresh Popping Corn had an excessive amount of EDB, the company recalled...
...Unger's first novel as they were in The Grapes of Wrath, though Ma, Pa and Tom might not understand how it was possible to become outcasts of national prosperity. For generations, the land around Unger's Nowell, S. Dak., has produced an abundance of wheat and corn. During World War II, a need for a fast, cheap protein spurs the Government to subsidize an increase in turkey raising. The larger output can easily be handled at the local processing plant, owned by Safe-buy, an early entrant in agribusiness. Eventually overproduction and falling demand leave farmers with...
...kill anyone," said Ron White, assistant commissioner of the Texas department of agriculture. Maybe so, but how about another slice of birthday cake? Unsure, state health officials in Florida swept grocery-store shelves of some shipments of Betty Crocker cake mixes, Gold Medal flour, Dixie Lily corn grits and Martha White's hush puppies, among other goodies...