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...then Ford strode into the Oval Office to sign the very proclamation, to increase the oil-import fees, that the Governors had opposed. He made his short statement somberly, scribbled his lefthanded signature, then, looking up at the silent gallery of aides, newsmen and photographers, chuckled: "I don't see anybody clamoring for extra pens...
...economy is agriculture. China makes large grain purchases abroad because it is more economical to import some grain for coastal regions than ship it from the remote interior, but the People's Republic is self-sufficient in food. With 16 million new mouths to feed each year, however, it currently uses up at least half of its annual 4% increase in grain production just to keep pace with the population growth. Not bad-but not good, either, particularly since Peking needs an agriculture surplus to gain foreign exchange (through exports), which it needs in turn to finance the building...
...first Monty Python album (with a big foot crushing a TV screen on the cover) includes the immortal "Dead Parrot" sketch. Unfortunately it's an import and so more expensive than the ordinary record; this is compensated for, though, by the availability of MP's subsequent two albums as $1.99 cut-outs. These are both classics and include the "Argument Clinic," "Budgies," "Spam," "The Undertaker," "The Travel Agent," "How Long is it?" and Karl Marx on a quiz show. Each contains at least one run of five or six superb pieces...
...government unable to maintain subsidies, prices on basic foodstuffs have jumped 80%, and inflation is rampant. Although Tanzania has millions of acres of potentially arable land, the inefficiency of the collectivized agricultural system-as well as the prevalence of drought and smuggling-made it necessary for the country to import 40% of its food last year. Tanzania has gone begging on the world market for food aid, but with modest success. The U.S. is providing 20,000 tons of grain as a grant and 40,000 more on easy credit, although it turned down a Tanzanian request...
...Witteveen. The Europeans had advocated borrowing an additional $10 billion to $12 billion from the oil producers for the Witteveen facility this year; but to assuage the U.S., they agreed to add only $6 billion to the $1.2 billion presently in the fund. The Europeans also agreed that oil-import levels will no longer be the sole criterion for granting loans...