Word: jute
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...privilege. But the city's back streets tell another story. They have become home to thousands of people seeking refuge from the scorching sun, who have poured into the city looking for work. They sleep on the platforms of railroad stations or in the jhuggis-sheet-metal and jute huts-that are home to hundreds of thousands of Bombay's poor. There is little work to be found, and in the past few months, with no money and often no shelter, many have had to beg. Accustomed to providing for themselves, they are humiliated and bitter that...
Apocryphal or not, the story makes a solid point. Beyond working the swing shift down at the jute mill or flaying the catch on a tuna factory boat, there are few jobs around as demanding and punishing as that of major-league catcher. But the thought of their own flesh and blood earning a living in a metal-grille mask, sturdy chest protector and plated shin guards doesn't seem to bother Ted and Katie Bench-or even Grandma Pearl. Nearly every day the Cincinnati Reds are in town, at least one of the three treks out to Riverfront...
Economic Stability. More than a million homes have been rebuilt, and all but a hundred or so of the 561 more important bridges in the riverine delta region have been repaired. Jute exports, the prime source of foreign exchange, have also begun to flow from the ports...
...problem was drought. This year the monsoon rains in some areas were delayed later than at any other time in this century. A heat wave roasted 14 Indian states, killed 800 persons and directly affected another 50 million. The loss in standing crops such as sugar cane and jute was over $400 million, and in several states famine relief measures were introduced to give work and wages to people who would otherwise starve...
...ability to marshal public opinion in East Bengal by blaming all of its troubles on its former rulers in West Pakistan. He has a tendency to make extravagant promises, and to oversimplify complex economic and agricultural problems. "My brothers," he once told a gathering of East Pakistani jute farmers, "do you know that the streets of Karachi are paved with gold, and that it is done with your money earned from exporting jute...