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That was the deal enshrined by the Freedom to Farm law of 1996--except the part about no more subsidies. "The regular order took over," recalled Dan Glickman, a former Kansas Congressman who was President Clinton's Agriculture Secretary. "There was a lot of hefty intellectual discussion about weaning farmers off the dole, but of course, it didn't happen." Instead, GOP leaders agreed the next farm bill would wean farmers off subsidies but only after they received seven years of guaranteed transitional payments--even when prices were high. Farmers also received more generous crop-insurance subsidies so that Congress...
...James Krenov, who was asking how the individual qualities of each piece of wood could give a particular voice to whatever he made. With those models, Puryear had in place the elements of his lifelong working practice. He would put together things that were intricately crafted but not "useful" except in the ways peculiar to the enigmatic objects we call art. And he would begin with an economical language derived from minimalism but draw each form out until it insinuated itself into places where square-shouldered minimalism never fit well, into feelings about frustration, concealment, yearning and release that...
...Folk Arts Center of New England (inspiring impromptu line dances since 1975). 7:30-10:30 p.m. Concord Scout House, 74 Walden Street, Concord, Mass. Free (western outfit not required). 4) TOGA! TOGA! TOGA! It’ll be just like “Animal House.” Except, it won’t be as fun or wild. But there will be togas! And that’s all one can ask for, really. Lowell is having a Toga Party; hopefully it’ll be more successful than Mather’s lackluster effort of three years...
...naked. Swinging arms, legs and other limbs naked. Naked happy. Naked melancholy. Locks? Nonexistent. Doors? Not necessary. If my home was a movie that made my father weep, it would be called “A Naked League of their Own.” And I would be Kit, except that I would never have played on the same team as my sister and my name would be Tool Kit, because I am the worst character...
...pulls in a cool $446,000. Nadine Morano, spokeswoman of Sarkozy's ruling Union for a Popular Movement party, argued that the increase was insignificant when viewed in broader terms. "Think about certain soccer players or television personalities," she said. "The raise requested is in no way unusual." Except, of course, that neither of those positions are paid with taxpayer money...