Word: meats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Boston fans no longer have their hometown horse to watch this afternoon. Timely Writer, the Filene's Basement bargain colt owned and raced by two area meat merchants, came under the knife himself last week. An operation for an inflamed intestine saved the winter dazzler from an un-Timely death, but it also placed him on the sidelines for today's race. Trainer Dominic Imprescia, who dressed to match the pink flamingos at Hialeah for the Florida Derby, will be wearing black during the Run for the Roses...
...that in turn could affect the course of events in Central America. Moreover, supporting Argentina may help Moscow mend fences with nations in the Third World, many of whom resented the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Most important of all, the Soviet Union needs Argentina's meat and grain exports to make up for a serious food shortage...
...familiar, plebeian spaghetti, macaroni and ravioli, but more than 150 forms of Mediterranean batter, from agnolotti to ziti, have landed in fancy dress on elegant menus. Indeed, just about everywhere, restaurants and cooking schools dedicated to those al dente squares and rounds and ribbons of pearly paste are subverting meat-and-taters America. Exclaims Master Cook James Beard: "It's a pasta avalanche...
...been standing half-finished because of shortages of cash, disputes over frozen assets and squabbles over priorities. Iran managed to sell only 1 million bbl. of oil a day last year, half as much as it had projected. Gasoline and staple foods are strictly rationed. Essential items such as meat, rice and sugar are distributed to poor and working-class areas first. Still, Tehran does not give the appearance of extreme hardship. Traffic jams can be paralyzing, and almost anything can be had for a price. A pair of blue jeans imported from Taiwan goes for $100 in the bazaar...
...upturn of the economy, about all that U.S. farmers can do is pray for plagues and bad weather overseas. Midwest cattle producers have no grudge against their counterparts in Denmark, but a recent outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease there caused Japan to suspend $215 million worth of Danish meat imports. This could mean some $100 million in unexpected sales for American cattlemen. Says Ronald Knutson, an economist at Texas A&M: "If there is a major crop failure some place in the world, we'll look back on this as a good year." American farmers...