Word: mississippis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...another ruling that will allow local courts to decide whether or not a work is obscene in the light of local community standards rather than national attitudes, as in the past. "It is neither realistic nor constitutionally sound," said Burger, to require "that the people of Maine or Mississippi accept public depiction of conduct found tolerable in Las Vegas or New York City...
...ease the crisis, many Asians are looking to the U.S. 1973 crop-perhaps in vain. Spring flooding in the Mississippi Valley ravaged the rice fields. Planting was late, and yields may be low. The Nixon Administration has announced that exports of grains, including rice, may be curbed to keep domestic prices in line. If the U.S. will not export rice, Southeast Asians will have to look to their own resources, tighten their collective belts, and hope that better weather later this year will revive the "green revolution" that was to solve their chronic food shortage...
...coincide with one of the biggest grain harvests in U.S. history and an unprecedented demand by European countries for American produce. The big surge of new orders further clogged U.S. harbors with ships, delaying unloading of grain-laden hopper cars even more. Then Mother Nature stepped in, sending the Mississippi over its banks and disrupting rail operations throughout the Midwest...
...tempers have been soothed as residents have become used to the park idea. "The plan is more restrictive than it needs to be," says Lake Placid Realtor John Wilkins. "But basically it is a good plan." Because of it, the largest remaining area of scenic wilderness east of the Mississippi has now been sensibly preserved and protected...
...filling stations across the nation have either run out of gas completely or are staying open only on a day-to-day basis. Officials in Boston, Atlanta and Des Moines have had trouble finding any distributors willing to supply city vehicles with gas. Tugboats have been stranded on the Mississippi with empty tanks. Farmers fear running out of fuel for their tractors and irrigation systems. Some half a dozen Congressmen have been working on bills to give the President petroleum-rationing authority...