Word: croppings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There remain nagging problems at home. Despite what appears to be a record grain crop in 1976 (about 223 million metric tons), Brezhnev was forced to announce this fall that he intends to plow $228 billion more into the farm sector in the next five years, acknowledging that this would crimp other sectors of the economy. He attacked shortcomings in efficiency and quality, and the "puny, partial improvements" in production of consumer goods, but offered little hope for improvement...
...executive director of the Gambling Commission. "There is in the breast of every person," he observes, "a desire to risk. It may be a desire to run for political office, or a desire by a farmer to plant wheat and see if the elements allow him to reap a crop, or a desire to buy stock or commodity futures. Or maybe it comes from a person who decides he has some disposable income and he's going to risk that money because he has a feeling he'll come away with more money, which is called gambling. It makes little...
...crop of ten Syracuse lettermen include senior Jim "Bug" Williams. The Bug flitted for over 15 points a game last season. Notre Dame transfer Bill Drew and 6ft.8in. Louis Orr along with high school all-state hoopsters Hal Cohen and Cliff Warwell are also expected to spearhead the Orangemen's attack...
...rice harvest. On the rice project alone, Ludwig has spent more than $20 million for the three airplanes that do the seeding and fertilizing, a fleet of 26 rice harvesters, and a drying and storage facility. By 1982 Jari will have 35,000 acres of rice under cultivation. Single crop yields are roughly the same as in Arkansas and Missouri?about 2¼ tons per acre?but the Amazon produces two harvests a year instead...
With one freshman, John Sanacore, already playing with the varsity, Scalisefeels his crop can strengthen the presently dismal Harvard soccer program in the years to come...