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...must be sacrificially burnt in the shape of old furniture that will not sell. Wood stands as a monument in the countryside, whether in the form of a massive tree or in tiny specks of black charcoal. Pierre loves it, is fascinated by the intricacies of its design, the grain that is smooth to the touch, in a way that he never has been by a woman's body. He broods over a glass of fizzling alka-seltzer about the use of plastics. "Soon wood will exist only in film...
...slow starvation. For now the poorer nations will have to depend on the developed world, particularly the United States and Canada, for food to save their starving. In a speech given in 1975, Morris Udall said, "Together with Canada, we control a larger share of the world's exportable grain than the Middle East does of its oil." The foundation of a grain reserve would therefore depend heavily on the agreement of the United States to participate...
...Russian field marshal who saved the capital from Napoleon and Hitler. Without a heavy covering of snow, the winter wheat crop suffers. The "worst" winter in recent years was that of 1975, when almost no snow fell and the Soviets had to spend scarce hard currency for foreign grain to feed their populace and livestock...
Under authoritarian rule, Gandhi has restored order to the Indian political scene and, more importantly for her own political future, taken great strides in improving the ailing Indian economy. With the fortuitous assistance of favorable weather patterns during the last growing season, India enjoyed the best grain harvest in its history last year. Farmers managed to amass a reserve supply of 17 million tons of grain--hefty insurance against future famines that will continue to afflict India whenever the monsoons fail again...
...perhaps, was that the opposition had indicated it was willing to end the disruptive tactics that had led the Prime Minister to declare a state of emergency in the first place. But another, more important reason was that India's economy has rarely been in better shape. Food grain stocks, following two bumper crops, are at an alltime high. Foreign exchange reserves, which are now more than $2 billion, are three times what they were two years ago. Moreover, prices fell sharply soon after the emergency was declared, although they have begun to rise again lately...