Word: ibs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sugar and tobacco interests fared better. After three years of doing fine without Government subsidy, sugar will now be supported at 180 per Ib. for no good reason other than the clout that sugar interests wield. But the Senate did cut back on the increase in grain target prices recommended by the agriculture committee and farm lobbyists. The committee bill would provide subsidies when wheat prices fall below $4.10 per bu. The full Senate lowered that target...
...neighbor buy whole pigs and then salt the meat down in barrels. Such stratagems have become so common that the government last month prohibited the sale of meat outside state stores. Reason: farmers were refusing to sell their pigs to the government at the official price of $1.30 per Ib. when they could get half again as much from individuals...
...price that the Agriculture Department is required to pay for surplus dairy goods from 75% of parity to 80%. The amendment further requires the Government to readjust support prices twice a year to keep pace with inflation. Result: even at 80% of parity, the U.S. now pays $1.50 per Ib. for butter, 50? more than the world wholesale price...
...program. There is a loyal consumer market for aged Cheddar cheese, which has a sharper taste than new Cheddar. Since storing the cheese would tie up the companies' capital, companies sell the cheese to the Government as a surplus dairy product, at anywhere from $1.36 to $1.39 per Ib., then buy it back at only a 10% markup six months or so later when the cheese is ready for market. The arrangement sticks the Government with the storage and transportation costs...
Amanda McKerrow, 17, was asleep in her room at the Rossiya Hotel off Red Square when her coach, Washington Ballet Company Founder Mary Day, called with the news: "We've hit the jackpot-it's the gold." The 5-ft. 3-in., 90-Ib. dancer had tied for top honors last week in the 16-to 19-year-old category of the quadrennial Moscow International Ballet Competition, the first American to be so honored. "We didn't go for fire-works," says Amanda of her final-round pas de deux from Sleeping Beauty with Partner Simon...