Word: costs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Senate, the $4.8 billion Farm Bill was the issue. During his campaign Carter had told Iowa farmers, "We will make sure that our support prices are at least equal to the cost of production." But growers called his proposed support prices-including wheat at $2.60 per bu. -inadequate and "cruel." Carter upped the prices (wheat went to $2.90). But both houses of Congress raised them higher still: the House committee put wheat at $3.00, the Senate at $3.10. Last week the Senate approved its more generous Farm Bill by a lopsided margin of 69 to 18-more than...
...saluted his admirers with a wave. Then Willig turned and fell into the burly arms of the law. He was fingerprinted and questioned, then booked on charges of criminal trespass, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. The city threatened to sue him for $250,000 in damages-citing the cost of mobilizing the police force, the trouble caused by the traffic jams, the price of a police helicopter that had hovered fretfully overhead...
...proof of America's commitment to defend the Seoul government against renewed aggression from the north. But the division's days in South Korea are numbered; President Carter has decided to withdraw the 2nd, along with its 17,700 support troops, by 1982. That decision has already cost one U.S. Army general his job, triggered a congressional hearing and set off a debate that raged last week in military circles, in Seoul and in other Asian capitals, where there are tremors of concern about Carter's foreign policy (see following story...
While acknowledging that the cost of implementing the regulations as they stand would be very high, he refused to speculate exactly how much the University would have to spend or how long it would take to reach compliance...
...devastating freeze struck Brazil in 1975; cold winds blew through the country again last week, possibly damaging next year's crop and threatening supplies. Though there have been some signs of a softening in coffee prices, most experts now believe it will be several years before the cost of a pound of ground roast will sink back to even...