Word: grains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...grain reserves are almost gone...
...STORY of Mariana serves the authors the way a grain of sand serves an oyster. It acts as an irritant to which they return again and again, a stimulus to the creation of an entire world--a world constructed from materials extracted painfully from within themselves. Through letters supposedly written to and by Mariana, they invent a cast of characters and unfold a baroque plot full of passion and intrigue. Interspersed with these letters are vignettes of other Marianas. Marias and Maria Anas, all trapped in some kind of "convent"--of marriage, of motherhood, of passion--and all somehow seduced...
Worst Loss. As a result, several roads operating between Chicago, the Rockies and Texas clearly stand to gain from the bankruptcy. But there will be losers, too, including hundreds of grain shippers and manufacturers who have been served exclusively by the Rock Island...
...Administrator for programs of the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service at $36,000. Defeated after eight years as an Iowa Representative, Scherle keeps track of fuel needs of farmers in his new post and advises them on tax rebates and refunds. "I have 27 years of experience as a grain and livestock farmer," he explains. "The job sought...
...transforming base metals into gold. In fact, the farmers are pursuing an equally elusive but more modern goal: alternative methods of feeding the earth's billions without excess use of fertilizers and pesticides, waste of coal and oil, or reliance on the new hybrid grain crops, which despite their high yield are often vulnerable to disease...