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Equally important is what Reagan did not do. He did not embargo the sale of grain to the Soviets, which could have dealt the U.S.S.R. a real economic blow. The Soviet Union is suffering its third poor harvest in a row (this year's grain crop will be the smallest since 1975), and received 50% of its grain imports from the U.S. in 1981. Blocking the sale would have been politically damaging for Reagan: in April he lifted the grain embargo that Carter had imposed after the Afghanistan invasion; the farm bill passed last month might require the Administration...
...when the building was stormed. In Qiryat Shemona that same year, terrorists made an assault on an apartment house; eight children died in the fighting. There have been dozens of such incidents in recent years?sudden death visited upon an otherwise tranquil area. Black goats feed on scrub. Trees crop up in spurts. Cows graze in fields stained brown where the rockets have seared them...
...result is visual gobbledygook. An example is the new crop of "postmodern" buildings. They are three-dimensional collages of discrepant ornament and styles. The design of most new interiors, furniture, cars, appliances and printed matter also continues to follow ill-mannered fads rather than good form. A confusion of design with mere styling, packaging or form-giving still haunts our culture...
...Year's and nuptials, ship launchings and seductions. In recent years, all this has changed. Champagne has become a drink for all occasions and is now quaffed in such Jeroboam quantities that the fizz biz poppeth over. The thirst for authentic French bubbly, plus the grievous crop damage to French vines in three of the past four years, has raised prices for the real stuff* and has forced French shippers to ration the choice vintages. At Manhattan's elegant Four Seasons restaurant, for instance, a bottle of Henriot Reserve Phillippe de Rothschild 1975 now costs $110. Five years...
...first time in recent memory, Lee will present a solid, consistent team through all of the weight classes. While Harvard has had a few outstanding wrestlers over the past years, the majority of each team has been characterized by ineffectiveness. With a crop of strong freshmen and a core of seasoned upperclassmen this year's team has more balance than last year's 17-4 squad...