Word: corns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rain fell. Water was carted for miles for livestock. In Nebraska the State University agronomist gloomily predicted that many fields would not yield over 5 bu. of wheat per acre (normal average: 15 to 20 bu.). In Minnesota they mocked Washington's crop predictions as gross overestimates. Farmers planting corn raised clouds of dust like columns of marching troops...
...question is whether the Playboy Channel's programming is decent. Playboy lawyer Robert Corn-Revere shipped a crate of videotapes to the FCC for review but never got a reply. "Nothing was done with them. They're sitting in a box somewhere," says the FCC's Morgan Broman. The agency ought to look soon. Last Friday Playboy and the government concluded a three-day trial in federal court in Delaware. They expect a decision by June...
Besides, if the American music scene can tolerate the Spice Girls, Billy Ray Cyrus's "Achy-Breaky Heart" and Puff Daddy's cheap rip-offs of Police standards, then I figure the time will soon be ripe for me and my corn-eater to move...
...course all of these dinners come in a foil or plastic wrapped tray with several compartments that shape the food accordingly. To add a little fun to TV dinner consumption, read the silly names of side dish options. Names include: Corn Nibblets with Butter, Carrot Wheels and the Extra-Gooey Chocolate Brownie...
...rate report on the economic viability of solar and wind power and electric vehicles [BUSINESS, Dec. 15], but I was disappointed that the excellent environmental benefits of ethanol were not mentioned. America already produces large volumes of this renewable, clean-burning liquid fuel from plants, including grains such as corn. Tomorrow new processes and technologies will enable us to produce this high-quality fuel from a wide range of plant feed stocks at prices competitive with those of gasoline. In conjunction with fuel cells, ethanol will let us reduce our need for imported oil and dramatically cut our greenhouse...