Word: dearingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rare and endangered parrots into the U.S. from Mexico and other Latin American countries. In a two-year undercover probe, the agency seized dozens of exotic parrots worth some $468,000. Such birds, which can be picked up for as little as $100 apiece along the Mexican border, fetch dear prices in U.S. pet stores: $4,500 for a scarlet macaw, $25,000 for a pair of black palm cockatoos. The crackdown began after smugglers offered their booty to Ohio pet-shop owners Frank and Carol Reuve, who notified U.S. agents and served as a front for the operation...
Last summer's drought has produced not only a stunted harvest but also a toxic side effect: a bumper crop of aflatoxin, a fungus-based, cancer-causing corn contaminant. It has turned up in livestock feed corn (although not the sweet corn so dear to the American palate) in nine major corn-producing states. The Illinois Department of Agriculture says a third of the crop samples tested show aflatoxin above permissible levels. But by blending the current crop with grain from uncontaminated past harvests, the corn can be used. Moreover, the Food and Drug Administration has cleared...
...party is a fun and nice way to help out the poorer part of the Cambridge community," Laser said. "It was a very dear moment for everyone who participated last year. It was the volunteers' pleasure and the perfect way to make a contribution to UNICEF...
...most investors realize that U.S. oil properties will be quite dear someday, since the country's 25.3 billion bbl. in estimated reserves are less than one-sixth of Saudi Arabia's. Last week twelve companies demonstrated their faith in the value of the finite resource by bidding a combined $7.3 billion for the oil and natural-gas assets of Houston-based Tenneco, which is selling those properties to concentrate on its gas-pipeline and construction- equipment businesses. Chevron agreed to pay $2.6 billion for the firm's stakes in the Gulf of Mexico, while T. Boone Pickens' firm, Mesa Limited...
Heinsohn, as the blurbs on his book proclaim, is straight forward, unafraid of criticizing even people dear to him--the Celtics, for instance. Heinsohn believes the Celtics will face an uphill fight this season to reclaim their success of past years...