Word: grasse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Western experts believe the Soviets will try not to reduce their cattle herds by much because they are hard to rebuild and beef is the meat that every Soviet citizen wants most. The winter has been mild so far, and there is a good chance that by May the grass will be up and cattle can be sent out to graze...
...system is probably the closest to the grass roots that the mind of man could devise. The 2,531 precinct caucuses that will be held in private homes, public halls, churches, fire stations and schoolrooms throughout the state are only the first step in a four-stage sequence that eventually selects Iowa's delegates to the Republican and Democratic national conventions. Independents can participate in either party's caucus...
...citizens to be driving on gasohol with a 4-to-1 mix by the end of 1980, at a saving of about $500 million on its oil import bill. Moonshiners can distill a lower proof ethanol from such materials as corn, sugar cane, potato peelings, even garbage or grass. Says Victor Ray, an alcohol expert at the National Farmers Union "It is about as complicated as making bread. We tell farmers that if they cannot do it, their wives certainly...
...championship rings, but there is a method to their madness. The contest will not be played on paper, but in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., a mere Sunday's drive from L.A. All four Steeler losses this year (were there really that many?) took place on natural grass, and the Pasadena turf is as real as a Jack Ham tackle. And, lest we forget, this is a new decade. Do I hear the far-off sound of Afghan guerillas...
...Republicans announced as candidates for the party's 1980 presidential nomination; at year's end, however, the clear favorite was the man who had done or said hardly anything, Ronald Reagan. On the Democratic side, Senator Edward Kennedy overcame his reservations and declared his candidacy, but early grass-roots enthusiasm about his "leadership qualities" dissipated in the face of his lackluster campaigning, his astonishing incoherence, and his failure to stake out convincingly different positions on the issues. At year's end Carter was looking much stronger, primarily because his firm yet restrained response to Iran's seizure of hostages...