Word: cropped
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...meantime, those who cultivate crops are being forced to make some tough economic decisions. When it became clear that irrigation water pumped in from a Cheyenne, Wyo., reservoir would not last the growing season, farmers like Roberts were faced with a choice: Which crops should they abandon? Roberts had to pick between corn, a primary cash crop, and alfalfa, essential for feeding cows. He decided he needed feed more than cash...
Moral certainty is potent stuff, and it comes with some nifty fringe benefits. Bush's conservative flank finds it deeply appealing; the current crop of Democratic leaders are rendered virtually speechless by it. But moral certainty "without trying to nuance," as Bush put it, is a dangerous luxury for a President. If you operate as though Arafat is a terrorist and Israel a victim, you isolate the U.S. from moderate Arab states, who see their region in shades of gray. That could limit your options--and your allies--after you have told everyone that Saddam Hussein can no longer...
That kind of humor, along with Eve's delivery, as loud and rhythmic as the whirr of a helicopter blade, sets Eve-Olution above 2002's mediocre crop of hip-hop CDs. The beats are merely competent, never original enough to stand on their own, but Eve-Olution's worst point, inadvertently suggested by its name, is its self-righteous social Darwinism, an outlook voiced 9 million times in hip-hop. "I got to win at any cost," Eve raps on Satisfaction, and she won't tolerate jealousy from those who haven't made it. She's witty and talented...
Bioengineering has tremendous potential in the developing world. The U.S., Canada, China and Argentina contain 99% of the global area of genetically modified crops, whereas yields of sorghum and millet in sub-Saharan Africa have not increased since the 1960s. Green groups hoping to earn the trust of the developing world should lobby hard for the resources of Big Agriculture to be plowed into discovering crop varieties that can handle drought and thrive on small-scale farms...
...Nanjing artists are different," says Guo Haiping, a crew-cut painter and restaurateur in his 30s. "We're not like those serious, solitary-minded Beijing or Shanghai artists." In a country where contemporary art is often politically sensitive and inaccessible, Nanjing's recent crop of modernists stands out. Their tightly knit community is committed to bringing art?and a bit of humor?to the common people...