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...JOHN ANDERSON (R-Ill.) both defies and despises labels. He has demonstrated a willingness unique among this crop of Republican candidates to focus on the issues, even at the cost of offending prevailing sensibilities. He embodies the characteristics of forcible but judicious leadership; he refuses to allow expediency to infringe on his principles...
FACT: While the situation is bad, it is an improvement over the famine of last summer and fall. The Vietnamese have allowed peasants to keep the rice crop just harvested. This move, combined with the arrival of international relief supplies, has eased the crisis...
...driver is Bobby Every, whose red taxi carries the bumper sticker: ISLAND TOURS, REASONABLE STORIES. Everyone has stories to tell, many about the far corners of the earth to which Sabans have voyaged as sailors. Though anecdotes, reasonable and unreasonable, are the island's main crop, fishermen, farmers and craftsmen also do well...
...example, that an Iowa farmer expects to harvest 50,000 bu. of corn in six months' time. By checking with his broker, he finds that the six-month future price of corn is $2.75 per bu. The farmer calculates that $2.75 per bu. for his crop would be a fair price, so he guarantees that he will get it by "hedging," or agreeing in advance to sell a contract for 50,000 bu. at that price in the futures market. This protects him against a drop in grain prices...
...time to satisfy a meat-hungry world. More affluent and more demanding consumers around the globe wanted beef, pork and poultry rather than simply bread and cereals. As a result, the vast majority of American agricultural production is for animal rather than human consumption. Ninety percent of the corn crop is fed to livestock, while soybeans are the largest single source of protein for animals...