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University of Chicago Agricultural Economist D. Gale Johnson is concerned that at $3 a bu., the target price for wheat will be "an incentive to expand production. The cost of the program will get so high that it will have to be modified." Others argue that the 20% set aside for wheat will accomplish little, since farmers will withdraw their less productive land and concentrate on planting high-yield acreage. In fact, some Agriculture Department officials project that even a full 20% set-aside program will cut production by no more than 8%. There is also some question...
...that carried him through the days of Rod Who? is serving him in good stead as the summer wears on and people on the street begin to recognize him -sort of. On a road trip to Chicago, a man mistook him for the former Bears halfback: "You're Gale Sayers, aren't you?" Came the response: "No, I'm Rod Carew. How could you make that mistake?" An embarrassed pause. Carew laughed: "I'm much better looking than Gale Sayers...
...commander. There is not another leading man on-screen today who so consistently exudes a sense of decency and honor without being stuffy about it. If one is willing to follow him into the jaws of hell, then why not, for a couple of hours, into a gale of moral ambivalence? Moreover, we first meet him and his elite unit in Warsaw, putting themselves at risk in a vain attempt to rescue a young Jewish woman from the SS. Thus they are immediately established as gallant lads, holding nothing but contempt for deplorable national policies they have, in any case...
...Gale K. Stolz Chicago...
...four occasions to applaud during his 25-minute address. While many diplomats welcomed Carter's straight talk on human rights and other matters, one Western envoy sounded a fairly widely heard caveat: "A splash of fresh air is good, but if you open your window too wide, a gale will blow through." Nevertheless, other delegates privately praised Carter's general approach. Explained one: "He apparently is prepared to take public risks for gambles that may pay off. For example, he is right on the Middle East. What he says corresponds to the basic truths of the situation...