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...about $143 million worth of the staple from the U.S. in fiscal 1989 -- or 25% of the U.S. export total. The embargo came as painful news for producers, since world prices for rice had fallen 28% during the previous year. Nor are rice growers the only farmers feeling the pinch. Before the invasion, Baghdad was buying $350 million worth of other U.S. grains annually, including wheat, corn, barley and soybeans...
...There's a sharp pinch, then pain for the first 30 seconds or so," Gammons says. "It was sore for a little bit. You don't realize how much you move your nose in normal conversation until it's sore...
Higher taxes have tightened the pinch. The acclaimed Reagan tax cuts of 1986, which reduced marginal income taxes, merely shifted the burden to Social Security taxes, which fall heavily on low- and middle-income families. These payroll taxes were jacked up 24% during the 1980s. The true marginal tax rate is now higher for a couple making $14,000 a year than it is for a couple making $326,000 a year...
...necessity, not a luxury, and a precarious economy promises only more pain. When factories cut back, women are often the first to be laid off. As Washington battles its deficits, cutting away at food, health and child-care programs, it is poor women who will feel the hardest pinch...
...rank as at least a five-star general. Merrill Lynch's first female investment banker, Natori rose to vice president of the company before leaving in 1977 to create her own firm. She started small, working in her New York City apartment, designing and selling fine lingerie. In a pinch, she even packed the orders herself. Today Natori Co. has splashy headquarters in midtown Manhattan, a boutique in Paris and sales of over $25 million annually. Surrounded by models showing off her pricey fashions, Natori has lost none of her enthusiasm. She is on many boards, including the Committee...