Word: milked
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...which showcased the woodwind players at their very best. The small size of the orchestra helped build an intimate atmosphere within Paine Hall.In the first movement, a lilting flute and clarinet duet soothed away the cares of the audience, and the strings and woodwinds melded together like milk and honey.Then the woodwinds leaped into action in the second movement, though the brass players offset their energy by playing somewhat off beat.The strings delivered a dramatic performance in the third movement, though the brass section again writhed as if in its dying throes.Balance was restored in the fourth movement, where...
...women for 10 years have found that consuming calcium and Vitamin D can reduce the risk of high blood pressure. The study, which was published this month in the American Heart Association’s Hypertension Journal, showed that middle-aged women who regularly drank low-fat milk have a significantly lower chance of having hypertension risks than women who didn’t drink milk on a daily basis. JoAnn E. Manson ’75, a Medical School professor and the chair of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said that...
...important contribution to IR's bottom line. IR also made sure each freight locomotive carries more cars, hence more cargo. That brings in an extra $1.5 billion a year, according to Kumar, who compares the railroads under old management practices to "a Jersey cow that we forgot to milk fully...
...Presidente. And then he pointed the finger: "A clear example is Polar." According to local media reports, the company has undergone more than 70 inspections during the last four months by various government agencies. Polar has denied the accusations, pointing out that it doesn't produce items such as milk, chicken, meat, sugar, coffee and eggs that are regularly absent from supermarket shelves. It does, however, produce one price-controlled item: oatmeal...
Economic analysts place the blame for the shortages elsewhere - specifically on the price controls imposed by the government. The analysts say the controls have destabilized the marketplace. Milk producers, for example, may find it hard to break even selling fresh milk at official prices; and so they find profits by selling their products abroad or by producing cheeses whose prices are not dictated by the government. Perhaps to make up for the lack of profits from regulated staples, non-regulated food items have experieced inflation of 32.7% last year. Perhaps reflecting the effect of price controls on the country...