Word: growing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that they now have one of the most open domestic markets in the world. One reason U.S. companies still find that market so impenetrable, says Toshihiko Yano, formerly a top policymaker at Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry, is that they have ample room to grow at home and do not "want to take the time and trouble involved in exports. They have got to make the effort." Echoes Yasuo Oki, a spokesman for Mitsubishi, Japan's largest trading house: "American businessmen come in here, throw up their hands at the differences in doing business...
...that force the cells to divide and differentiate; each cell develops into a strawberry plant. Farmers can thus bypass the seed and can plant well-developed shoots that grow fast and are free from viruses that attack plants germinating naturally...
...convincing themselves that if they just hold on for a year longer things will get better and there will be no need to make troublesome changes. But the economics are such that I think if you're standing still you're really falling behind. You've got to grow to stay alive...
...average yield of 15 tons an acre, and a depressed price this year of around $21 a ton, the typical beet grower will receive $315 an acre, producing a thin profit in view of the heavy investment required. But Benedict's mechanization and tight management enable him to grow 20 tons an acre, worth $420, enough to promise a worthwhile return...
...believes that "it is in livestock that we will see the great revolution of the next 20 years. We will be producing more meat less expensively, and we will have the opportunity for much more export." He is crossing U.S. breeds with European stock to produce "exotic" cattle that grow fatter faster or produce more milk. This is done by artificial insemination. Says Garst: "We have one of the largest accumulations of exotic semen from Europe...