Word: pastes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ferruzzi says its purchases -- a reported 30 million bu. of soybeans in the past 18 months -- were a legal effort to ensure adequate supplies for its customers. Many traders believe Ferruzzi's two largest U.S. rivals, Archer Daniels Midland of Decatur, Ill., and Cargill of Minneapolis, felt the pinch from rising prices and complained to the c.b.o.t. Said one trader: "Older, established firms ganged up on the new, foreign kid on the block." With prices taking a near panic dive, Ferruzzi has already lost an estimated $10 million. Harder hit may be U.S. soybean farmers, who last week...
...Prince William Sound. The answer hinges on "pilotage endorsement," a certification from the Coast Guard that entitles a licensed officer to steer ships in certain federal waters. In 1977, when the Alaska pipeline opened, such approval was required all the way down to the entrance of Prince William Sound -- past Rocky Point, Busby Island and Bligh Reef. But since then, the rules have been liberalized several times...
...emphasized everyone's societal obligation to correct the nation's past wrongs. "None of us is islands unto ourselves. We are part of a society," he said. "We cannot pretend that history never happened...
...Over the past three decades, our space program has had its share of ups and downs, with the greatest triumph being the moon landings and the greatest failure being the death of the seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Challenger...
...these programs are justified because there are whites alive today who have benefited from past Black enslavement is equally problematic since affirmative action programs do not distinguish between the rich white from the Deep South and the poor white from Alaska...