Word: neared
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Move over, Ben Cartwright. Some rich new cattle barons have come to town. In the past year Japanese investors have developed an appetite for U.S. beef- producing properties, including ranches, feedlots and packinghouses. Zenchiku, a major Tokyo-based meat importer, bought the 80,000-acre Selkirk Ranch near Dillon, Mont., last October for $13 million. A company called Mt. Shasta Beef, formed by Japanese entrepreneur Masa Tanabe and three California cattlemen, spent $2.2 million in January to lay claim to a 6,000-acre ranch in Northern California's Siskiyou County...
Tower's nomination was killed on Thursday on a near party line vote of 53-47 in the Democratic-controlled Senate. He was defeated by concerns over his drinking habits, his relationships with women and his work as a paid defense industry consultant after leaving government service...
...would seem his experiences as a governor and senator would make Evans himself a contender for the presidency, but the IOP fellow says he has no interest in running for the office--or any other--in the near future...
...This is probably the first [year] where their representation is near their student body representation," Kahan said...
...This incident illustrates the need to beef up security," said David A. Battat '91. Battat, who chairs the ad hoc committee on security for the Undergraduate Council, said the committee is exploring ways of improvingsecurity on and near campus. "We are askingquestions such as, 'Is more lighting needed?' and,'Is the Harvard Police Department understaffed?'"he said...