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...final list of 30 applicants submitted to the Admissions Office included Lee's endorsements and comments on each grappler. "There's a good crop of kids applying now," he said. "I'm really looking forward to next season. It shouldn't be as frustrating as this past...
...goal, the President said, is to reduce the farmer's dependence on Government payments for part of his income, give him more freedom in planting decisions, and pave the way for increased crop exports. If the plan passes Congress -and that is anything but certain-the Administration would retain some residual authority to pay farmers to keep part of their land idle. But White House economists believe that such powers will not have to be used in the foreseeable future. "The Government is going to get out of the agriculture business," exults one economist who frequently advises Nixon. "They...
...should stop interfering with the free movement of agricultural prices and attack the periodic problem of low farm income directly -by supplementing what the marginally efficient farmer gets at market with outright Government payments. Under this plan, the Government would determine just how high the market prices for major crops should be in order for farm families to live adequately. If prices fell below that level, the Government would make up the difference by a direct income grant. Huge agribusiness firms and other large-scale farmers would not often qualify because their diversified operations would keep market fluctuations...
...rare interview to TIME Correspondent S. Chang at his sumptuous Western-style house on the fringes of Kobe, which neighbors have dubbed the "Taoka Palace." "Throughout the interview," Chang cabled, "there was a distinct element of opéra bouffe. The house compound is patrolled by a handful of crop-haired, heavy-set henchmen, who in greeting bow gawkily, like giant pandas trying to crouch. Inside, Taoka's great drawing room is deeply carpeted and adorned with many trophies presented to him from his followers as emblems of their allegiance...
Although the Soviet Union's capricious weather and its inefficient collective farm system are the basic causes for crop failures, such scapegoats as Matskevich and Shevchenko serve handily to divert public discontent away from top Kremlin leaders. And shortages in 1972 of basic foodstuffs provided ample grounds for discontent, as citizens queued for bread in major Soviet cities last fall (TIME, Oct. 30). A recent Soviet statistical report showed that grain production fell 30 million tons below expectations in 1972, while the potato crop was down 14.5 million tons. That disaster forced the Soviets to contract for $2 billion...