Word: hybrids
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...production; this time, he thinks, for good, not only because of exponential population growth, but because "rising affluence is emerging as a major claimant of world resources." We have a food shortage today not only because population growth has eaten away the gains from the Green Revolution Third World hybrid seed program, but because rich countries are upgrading their diets. Each year at least eight million tons of grain--enough to feed thirty five million people well--are diverted from human to animal mouths to provide more meat for the rich...
...Again we observed the mixed hair textures and skin colors. Some dark brown Cubans had natural yellow brown hair. A few very dark people had reddish hair. We saw some swimmers who looked Asian but spoke Spanish and were Cubans. Cubans are a mixture of races and cultures--a hybrid of people...
...five years they've lived together, and it's hard to understand why the issue comes to a head now, when one is so self-absorbed, and the other so frightened of dealing with people (most of Jake's sexuality, we discover, is wrapped up in his hybrid maize experiments). There's a sense of urgency lacking in their confrontation that the mystery about the missing Julia doesn't provide...
...program moved from MJQ interpretations of jazz standards and blues adaptations of Bach through its own classics-The Golden Striker, The Legendary Profile, Bags' Groove. An expanse of heads nodded rhythmically until a galloping accelerando brought the audience to their feet. The cliche goes that MJQ is a hybrid of jazz and chamber music. Indeed, in their dark business suits, the men looked too sensible to be jazz players. The crowd cheered, not because of virtuosity or precocity, but because MJQ is a throbbing extension of the blues main line that stretches back to the fields of Alabama...
Meanwhile, buyers are getting better quality for their money. Cabernet Sauvignon grapes go almost exclusively into wines selling at $3 or more per bottle, but some vintners have begun to offer wine made from a hybrid grape combining Cabernet Sauvignon and Carignane that sells for about $2 per fifth. Among the wines are Gallo's Ruby Cabernet and Inglenook's Navalle Ruby Cabernet. Says Inglenook Winemaster Thomas Ferrell: "We're trying to put some style into the jug wines...