Word: cropped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reconstruction of the Mayflower and a preserved waterfront also grace Plymouth's harbor. The town pays homage to eastern Massachusetts' staple crop as the home of Cranberry World...
...delayed two years, the tribesmen went back to poppies. Laos, which used to produce 3.5 tons of opium annually, recently switched to coffee, rice and chili farming under a U.N. pilot project. So far this year the Lao have cut opium production to a few hundred pounds. In Peru crop substitution has cut coca production 40%. "A million dollars," says Arlacchi, "can have 100 times the effect in Peru or Bolivia that it has by the time the drug reaches a consuming country...
...peak, a valley was inevitably to follow, as the Crimson was overpowered Feb. 28 at then-No. 17 Princeton, 15-6, 15-6, 15-6. After a win over Vassar, Harvard lost its next four matches, including a pair of losses to the cream of the EIVA crop, No. 13 Rutgers and the No. 17 New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), assuring that Harvard would be out of the mix for EIVA postseason play...
...alone their blood pressure. Sure, hypertension in adults places them at greater risk of heart attack and stroke. But nobody likes the idea of starting youngsters on blood-pressure medicine they could wind up taking the rest of their lives. Who knows what previously unheard-of side effects could crop up after five or six decades of daily use? The rationale has been: kids grow out of so many things, maybe they'll grow out of this...
They produce some catchy tunes, but one-hit-wonder bands can be more trouble than they're worth. You end up shelling out $15 for the CD only to discover that the rest of the album isn't fit for listening. Now there's a remedy. A new crop of Websites lets discerning fans mix and match from a long list of digital cuts to make their own custom CDs. At musicmaker.com you can assemble a personal hit parade from 150,000 tracks, from rock to gospel (cost: $9.95 for the first five tracks and $1 for each additional). Edgier...