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...narrow channel that is now negotiated by 100 ships in the Strait of Hormuz each day. The short-range Soviet aim seems to be to keep the U.S. on edge by disrupting the calm of the gulf. But there is a long-range possibility that, by adroit maneuvering through middlemen, Russia could cut off oil supplies to the West...
...because of his romance with the churchman's ward, Ivan turns to running dope for a living. When he attempts to rebel against the strictures of the ganga trade--which lives under the protection of a corrupt government--the penalties grow heavy. Dope brings in high profits for certain middlemen; low wages are paid to the growers, and to the runners as well, who move the stuff between the countryside and the cities...
...Students can sue and be sued. Colleges will be freer to take students to court in cases of vandalism or disruption without involving the parents as middlemen. But the schools are also more vulnerable to legal action by students protesting against professors who skip classes or grade arbitrarily, or administrators who close buildings as a result of demonstrations by other students. Says Patricia Rueckel, vice president for student development at Georgetown: "The fact that they can constantly bring us into small-claims court is kind of scary...
...grains has gone through the roof, largely because increasingly affluent foreigners are buying more meat, and overseas sources of feed have declined because of bad weather (see following story). As a result, domestic feed supplies have grown scarce, and prices have zoomed as grain farmers, speculators, wholesalers and other middlemen tried for the fattest prices they could get. In Georgia and Illinois, for example, soybean meal in the past year has leaped from $100 to $400 a ton, and fish meal has gone from $130 to $600. One consequence, says Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Jim Buck Ross, is that "it costs...
...rely on trading houses to buy abroad the raw materials that they need and to sell their finished products both at home and abroad. Combining silken persuasiveness with samurai dedication, the trading houses also serve as market researchers, financiers and worldwide economic intelligence agents. In short, they are archetypical middlemen, helping Japanese business, banks and government to capitalize on economic opportunities...