Word: cottoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...idling large tracts of productive land. The program, hastily cobbled together to prop up the flagging farm economy, has prompted a response that was, said Agriculture Secretary John Block, "beyond my wildest expectations." Figures announced last week show that farmers will remove 82.3 million acres of wheat, corn, sorghum, cotton, barley, oats and rice land from production in 1983. This amounts to roughly one-third of the land eligible for the program, an area equivalent in square miles to Iowa, Illinois and half of Indiana...
...acreage-reduction program. This overwhelming response means that, of a total of 230.4 million eligible acres, farmers this year will not harvest 32.1 million acres of wheat (35% of eligible land), 39.5 million acres of corn and sorghum (39%), 1.7 million acres of rice (43%), 6.8 million acres of cotton (44%) and 2.3 million acres of barley and oats (12%). As a result, surpluses will begin to shrink. This year's corn crop, predicts the USDA, will be only 5.6 billion bu., far below last year's record 8.4 billion and low enough to draw down stocks...
...success in selling its visitors to corporate advertisers has not been without its drawbacks. With more and more companies giving away their products, some of the students are getting a little spoiled. "I was giving out shirts and one girl demanded to know if they were 100% cotton," marveled Dallas Dingle, a tour guide from Minnesota. "They're getting used to being coddled." What is more, the field has become somewhat cluttered with marketing messages. "The average student is hit by six breweries," complains Jay Lenstrom of the Miller Brewing Co. "It used to be just us and Anheuser...
...world according to country. Its 18 hours of daily programming boast a cornucopia of country culture: 30 minutes of live music a night on Nashville After Hours; 1-40 Paradise, a country comedy set in a Tennessee truck stop; Dancin' U.S.A. (watch rhinestone cowboys do the "Cotton-Eyed Joe"); Fandango, a quiz program testing contestants on their knowledge of country trivia. Unlike MTV, which is essentially a video jukebox featuring rock video clips, the Nashville Network has a menu of original programming along the lines of a full-service network...
...Maryknoll priest, was conveniently out of the country, attending a meeting of the nonaligned nations in New Delhi, when the Pope arrived. But Minister of Culture Ernesto Cardenal Martinez, a priest, was in the official receiving line along with other government ministers. He was wearing his typical rustic white cotton shirt, baggy blue work pants and a black beret. As the Pontiff approached, Cardenal whipped off his beret and dropped to his knees to kiss the papal ring. But the Pope appeared to withhold his hand. Wagging his finger at Cardenal, John Paul gave him a public scolding that television...