Word: cottons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trade skirmish by freezing imports of Chinese textiles at the previous year's levels after talks on a new accord broke down. The People's Republic, which did not begin welcoming U.S. business on a large scale until 1979, responded by halting purchases of U.S. soybeans, cotton and synthetic fibers. Peking also refused to buy previously agreed upon quantities of U.S. grain. The cutbacks slashed American farm sales to China 73% below their 1981 level, to $544 million, and raised serious doubts in some business circles about China's reliability as a trading partner...
...always hanging out naked in my backyard." So she and her boyfriend, Austrian Designer Hans Buhringer, set out to find a solution to this two-tone torment. The result, appropriately, is called "the unsuit," available for men and women at $35 to $40 and made with a special cotton material that allows some, but not all, of the sun to shine through...
...colorful celebration of national pride, the Sandinista government of Nicaragua last week commemorated the 50th anniversary of the assassination of its martyred hero, Augusto César Sandino. Brigades of young cotton and coffee pickers poured in from the countryside to the capital city of Managua, filling the main plaza with placards and rhythmic hand clapping. They were performing for themselves and for scores of foreign observers, invited by the Marxist-oriented leaders to witness the announcement that democratic elections would be held...
...less than 3000 votes, drawing some of the more than 60,000 unregistered Blacks to the polls could make a difference. "In mary of these cases, had one third of the unregistered Blacks voted, Mr. Reagan would not have been elected President," says Madison. "The hands that once picked cotton can now pick the President-and they know that...
...Listen," says long-time East Cambridge politico Alfred E. Vellucci, "I'll tell you about the difference between East Cambridge and Harvard Square--it's the silk stockings versus the cotton stockings...