Word: grains
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Soybean. Yankee salesmanship is changing many eating and cooking habits around the world. U.S. promoters have introduced the doughnut to Africa and Asia, spread the benefits of milk to the Middle East and Latin America, made wheat a popular substitute for rice in the Japanese diet. They have increased grain sales to Italy by showing Italians how to mix American wheat into their pastas, amazed European housewives (many of whom now work and have less time to cook) with packaged mixes that produce effortless cakes, pies, mashed potatoes, cheese dips and even pizzas. One of the fastest-growing exports...
...even his mother would have readily recognized India's Home Minister Gulzarilal Nanda. Sitting in a small unmarked car parked at the edge of New Delhi's grain market, Nanda was wearing dark glasses, a long coat buttoned to his chin, and a turban whose tail covered his lower face. Thus disguised, he warily watched hundreds of Communist-led marchers demonstrating against India's food prices, which have risen 22% in the last 18 months -almost as much as the price rise over the previous ten years...
Downhill Course. Yet the food crisis will certainly deepen, since the dangerous preharvest months of September and October still lie ahead. India cannot raise grain as fast as babies-an estimated 10 million a year. Peasants lack both incentives and skill in modern agricultural methods. In the cities, police raids on shops and warehouses to seize hoarded supplies have crippled trade, and government attempts to regulate distribution by making up "food zones" have only resulted in further disrupting the supply. Panic buying creates false scarcities, and Indian officials bitterly admit that, after massive government investment in agriculture, the country still...
When not inspecting grain markets Home Minister Nanda is busy with his loudly heralded campaign against corruption. Nanda thought he had Shastri's approval, but at a recent meeting of Congress party leaders, he was dismayed to find himself opposed both by Shastri and Atulya Ghosh, boss of Eastern India. The government made one attempt to show itself vigilant, but Nanda could not take credit for the move, since it was ordered by the Finance Ministry. Besides, it was scarcely what the country had been waiting for: a spectacular raid on tax-dodging movie stars...
Called continuous-flow brewing and developed after six years of research, the new method does away with the old kettles and the old process. Instead, the ingredients of beer-grain, water, hops and yeast-run through a maze of stainless-steel pipes, coils and tanks in response to commands from a 30-ft. console of dials, buttons and lights. Though the brewing time remains the same-six weeks-the new plant costs less to build, requires less labor than traditional plants, can expand in small stages...