Word: depends
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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About half of all consumers say they depend on labels to determine which food to buy. "I see so many women reading labels now, they run the risk of having their pocketbooks stolen," says Jane Bohanan, an Atlanta homemaker. Yet a casual stroll down the aisles of a supermarket reveals just how often Bohanan and other shoppers are being shamelessly deceived...
...always, the real test will be whether consumers find the new labels truly helpful. The packagers will also have to win back the public's abused trust. If Americans can depend on the information on the new labels, then they will be able to take the first, least expensive step toward better health through a better diet. They will also be able to discover at last the true answer to that age-old question, What are we eating for dinner...
...dependence is mutual. Upon assuming control, Issaias was shocked to discover that the money he needed to pay government workers was tied up in Addis Ababa banks; he is currently negotiating to release it. The Eritreans depend on the international community even more. "We need a massive aid transfusion," says Girma Asmeron, chief of protocol for the front. "If we don't get it, frankly, we're in trouble...
...that measure, Bantam is the latest big winner. Whether its victory turns out to be Pyrrhic, however, will depend on what General Schwarzkopf has to say -- and whether the American public, with its fleeting attention span for celebrities, still wants to hear...
What the budget cutters forgot is that the Weather Service is one of the few government operations that give every American a tangible benefit for his tax dollar. Not only do picnicgoers count on the predictions to save them from a sprinkling, but thousands of businesses depend on the NWS for their very survival -- from airlines plotting the most efficient flight path to utilities trying to meet peak-load demands. Farmers, fishermen, oil drillers, construction companies, snowmakers, moviemakers, grain speculators and baseball umpires all have an urgent interest in accurate weather predictions. With hats in hand, NWS officials tried...