Word: normale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...habitat before being contained was rated the biggest in the state's history. Other major blazes are burning in Oregon, Utah, South Dakota, Washington and Alaska. So far, almost 1.6 million acres have been lost, half a million in Alaska. Colorado has already recorded 164 brush fires, vs. a normal 130 in a full year -- and August, usually the worst month, remains to be endured...
...that has as much Broadway in it as Biloxi, and Kieran Kane of the O'Kanes will talk about a hypnotic love song of theirs called All Because of You just like this: "The music sort of drifts off, gets real atonal and out of time, which is not normal in country music." Lovett, now he's not normal, with his spooky, funny tunes about ponies sailing oceans. But atonal, for Lord's sake. That's not normal, that's close to sacrilege...
...decline 13%, to 1.84 billion bu. That drop would be much worse were it not for the winter wheat crop. Planted last fall and almost completely harvested, winter wheat largely escaped drought damage. But the smaller, spring wheat crop has been devastated, and could be less than half its normal size...
...corn crop of 4.4 billion bu., 800 million bu. less than the USDA estimate. A survey by the National Corn Growers Association is even more pessimistic, predicting that this year's corn yields will be down as much as 42% from last year's. The USDA estimates assume normal weather for the rest of the growing season, even though most long-range forecasts, including those of the National Weather Service issued last week, predict no break in the hot, dry weather. Chicago's commodities-futures traders tended to believe the worst. Prices for corn, wheat and soybean contracts surged after...
...farmers whose crops have been wiped out. Responding to their plight, Washington is rushing to pour money where too little water has fallen. A pair of drought-relief bills designed to distribute at least $7 billion is moving through Congress. Farmers who lose more than 35% of their normal crop would be reimbursed for 65% of their lost revenues. A ceiling of $100,000 would be put on the disaster benefits so that large corporate farms would not benefit disproportionately from the legislation. Drought relief has the full support of President Reagan, who last week visited the Midwest drought belt...