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...search for solutions. Diversification into crops other than grains is one possibility. Agrarian reform is another, but not if it results in the creation of tiny, uneconomic parcels of land. Boerma suggests agricultural cooperatives in which small farmers would band together to farm a large spread that would lend itself to mechanization. Governments would have to help with credits and the construction of irrigation systems. Barbara Ward recommends creating rural agricultural centers that would provide the "agro-industries" necessary to employ the peasants left jobless by the Green Revolution-warehouses, fertilizer plants, facilities to manufacture silos and other storage units...
...flash bulbs and questions from some 70 Japanese newsmen and photographers, inquired of the Prime Minister: "Is it always like this in Japan?" Replied Sato, beaming: "Of course not. This is a special treatment for you." After that, the young couple were off to Expo '70 to lend their presence to U.S. National Day at the fair...
...minor members of the Dudgeon family (notably James Cromwell as Dick's nasal and stupid brother Christy), the officer and soldiers, and the Indians all lend welcome color to the production. And where Shaw has called for the offstage sound of the Dead March from Handel's Saul, Ritchard has brought a real costumed band of piccolos, brass and drums right on stage. And he has appended a musical epilogue to Shaw's wildly cheering townspeople. After a performance of "Yankee Doodle," a group launches into William Billings' patriotic hymn "Chester"-a most fitting choice, for Billings was a Bostonian...
Commercial paper is simply a written promise to pay issued by a company that wants to borrow money for a short period (usually 90 days, never longer than nine months) and generally bought by another corporation that has some spare cash to lend. The issuer need not register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, give the buyer a prospectus or back the promise with collateral. His word is his bond...
...this by sowing doubts and suspicions. They hope then to attract sufficient support to be able to enforce demands on those whom they malign and designate as the enemy, using the old means of distortion, accusation, guilt imputed by association, and so on. And they thrive as people lend them credence...