Word: embargoing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...embargo on grain will come to be known as a grievous error in judgment. Grain will find its way to the U.S.S.R. through bogus buyers and sellers and middlemen...
...attitude of the U.S. grain farmer toward President Carter's embargo has led me to coin some bumper sticker slogans...
...apparently believed would be unpopular when he announced his opposition to it last week, is supported by 73% of those surveyed. Even voters 18 to 24 years of age approve registration, 64% to 12%. Among Kennedy supporters, 71% favor registration. Boycotting the Olympics is supported by 67%, the grain embargo by 86%, the embargo on the sale of technical equipment to the Soviet Union...
...incident occurred at the height of American public outrage over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and Iran's refusal to release the 50 hostages being held at the U.S. embassy in Tehran. Jimmy Carter had just announced a program of sanctions against the Soviet Union, including an embargo on shipments of grain to the U.S.S.R., and U.S. longshoremen were balking at handling any Soviet cargoes. Then, Local 160 of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) posted a notice on a bulletin board at the Kennedy tower urging members not to guide Soviet or Iranian aircraft...
...granted to farmers, whose total net income had slumped to under $20 billion in 1976 and 1977 but jumped to $27.9 billion and more than $32 billion respectively in the past two bountiful years. Administration aides intend not only to prevent farmers from losing too much from the embargo but also to guard against their making too much...