Word: milked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...early February the year was looking pretty long. While drinking chocolate milk in one of the dining halls, Jewett must have been feeling slightly frustrated over his ability to deal with several of the campus's big issues. While professors were taking money from the CIA, alleged sexual harrassers were back and teaching, and a South African internship program was exposed to be a farce, Jewett was unable to deal with the growing student discontent caused by the issues...
...American dairy farmers, U.S. agricultural policy makes no sense these days. At a time when the Government is paying farmers about $2 billion a year to buy up surplus milk, Masstock International, an Irish dairy company, is receiving a federal tax break to construct a large dairy plant in Macon County, Georgia. Most of the funding for this project will come from $4.5 million in municipal bonds, which are exempt from federal taxes. The bonds were issued by Macon County officials, who hope to create new jobs in their area...
...fallout from Chernobyl. The boycott will remain in effect at least through May. The move infuriated exporters such as Yugoslavia and Poland, which rely on hard currency raised from agricultural sales to pay off foreign debts. Officials in Warsaw were especially angered by a U.S. plan to ship powdered milk for distribution in Poland through nongovernment agencies. Their bitter retort: an offer to send blankets and sleeping bags to private charities for the homeless in New York City...
What's the next project for the Undergraduate Council that brought us chocolate milk? Maybe bendy straws. Don't they have to hold a referendum before they order them...
...over a lifetime's exposure. Meanwhile, federal officials have required all shipments of European fruit, vegetables and herbs to be held and tested. Canada also warned travelers to Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and parts of the Mediterranean to wash all fruit and vegetables and avoid drinking fresh milk...