Word: corns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Honey corn muffins...
There is something very Kansas about Robert Gates, the man President Bush has nominated to succeed William Webster as the new director of the CIA. His open face, wide-set eyes and ready grin, even his prematurely gray corn-silk hair, somehow evoke the state where he was born 47 years ago. At the same time, there is something very Washington about Gates -- the slightly self-satisfied air of the successful bureaucrat who has managed to survive in a city where survival is sometimes all it takes to succeed...
...Kerrey's" is a traditional, family-style eatery. Very...Nebraskan. No nouvelle cuisine. No soft, chic pink neon lighting. This is the Corn Belt. We like juicy 100% real beef burgers and vintage Cornhusker football memora-bilia hung on the walls for ambience...
...short term is not too rosy either. The U.S. corn and soybean crops are currently suffering from a severe drought in the Midwest. And, for a variety of reasons, poor harvests are predicted this year in China, India and the Soviet Union...
Under Kessler's direction, the FDA is modifying the order in which ingredients are listed on a label. Traditionally, components have been listed in descending order by weight. That enables manufacturers to play games with sweeteners, listing each type (corn syrup, sugar, honey, and so on) separately so they will appear in the lower part of the list. Kessler wants the sweeteners to be grouped together to enable a shopper to tell at a glance just how sweet those granola bars really...