Word: cottons
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...five guards, three of them veiled women, drove in a Nissan van through the strolling crowds. A woman was stopped and told to roll down her three-quarter-length sleeves. Another was admonished for allowing a lock of hair to escape from under her scarf. Sometimes female guards carry cotton and cleansing cream and insist on helping transgressors remove their makeup...
...Department of Agriculture gave a preview of just how tough the market will be. The survey predicted that the corn crop will increase by 8% from last year, to a record 8.27 billion bu. The soybean harvest is expected to be up 5%, to 1.96 billion bu., while cotton production will rise 6%, to 13.8 million bales. These bumper crops are sure to depress agricultural prices, which are already at extraordinarily low levels. Corn is selling for $2.32 per bu., down from $3.36 in June of 1984. Soy beans, which sold for $8. 12 per bu. in May of last...
...going to take more than just debt forgiveness. A boost in aid will help. African leaders can also do more, including dropping their destructive and misguided loyalty to rogue regimes like Zimbabwe's. Perhaps most crucially, though, Africa needs a chance to sell its grain and cotton and fruit and vegetables to the rest of the world. Unless Europe, the U.S. and Japan make a serious attempt to cut their distorting and self-indulgent agricultural subsidies at the World Trade Organization meeting in Hong Kong later this year, Africa will always struggle to break out of its poverty trap. Forgiving...
...Republic and Liz Claiborne offer stylish versions at affordable prices. But nothing beats the real thing. At Gatsby's, Fink stocks up on Indian kurtas from labels like Royal Sari and Lotta ($39 to $169). She even travels annually to Bali to select her own line of beachwear--printed cotton pants and tunics. "The Balinese have an amazing sense of color and pattern," says Fink. "So when it's too hot to wear jeans but you still want to look sexy, these lightweight cotton pants are a great find"--on or off the beach. --With reporting by Betsy Kroll
...labor costs hit employment elsewhere. Politicians in the U.S. and Europe are threatening to limit Chinese imports if Beijing doesn't increase the value of the yuan and hence the price of its exports. The U.S. last week restricted annual growth of certain Chinese imports, such as cotton trousers, to as little...