Word: corns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CORN FARMERS They grow the raw material for gasohol, the wacky '70s fad suddenly a little less wacky...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: A USDA report says some 45 percent of the U.S. wheat crop in 19 states are in poor or very poor condition after a dry spell which has driven farmers in the wheat-belt states to plow under their winter wheat and plant corn or other crops. Inventories of winter wheat have fallen to a 50 year low, and commodity exchanges are seeing record wheat prices. The price of a May wheat futures contract has risen to around $7.00 per bushel, up from $4.95 at the beginning of February. The shortage of winter wheat is part...
...nonfat and vegetarian," he tells visitors to his Santa Monica, California, offices. A typical lunch, prepared by his private dietitian, consists of mushroom barley soup, a tofu egg-salad sandwich (the "egg" is actually tofu with mustard and spices ) with carrots and lettuce, and a black-bean-and-corn salad with a soy-based drink. One of Milken's favorites, an Egg McNothing, consists of a fat-free crumpet with soy cheese, vegetarian Canadian bacon and scrambled egg whites...
...vote, the far-reaching House- Senate compromise plan is expected to win House approval before Congress leaves for a two-week recess March 30. Although President Clinton says he has some reservations about the bill, he is expected to sign it. The measure would wean wheat, corn and cotton farmers off the current system of crop supports by replacing it with a seven- year program of declining, fixed payments. "This bill, for all of the huffing and puffing of those who support it, basically pulls the safety net out from under family farmers," said North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan...
...also true that food can pose a threat in any locale. Recall President Ford's run-in with a tamale in San Antonio, Texas, when he tried to bite into it before removing the corn-husk wrapper. But New York is where they pile Pelion on Ossa--or kreplach on calzone. Democratic operatives still speak of the near disasters that occurred when first Robert Kennedy and then George McGovern sat down at kosher delicatessens and ordered a sandwich--and a glass of milk...