Word: quintal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Party planners in Hanoi regularly criticize North Vietnamese farmers for "leisurely ways of working," but that is only part of the problem. The Japanese farmer, who has all sorts of machinery and chemicals at hand, turns out a quintal (about 220 Ibs.) of rice in less than two hours; in North Viet Nam, where even hand tools are in short supply, it takes 64 to 80 hours. Just to meet the minimum needs of its people. Hanoi must import 800,000 tons of rice and wheat flour a year...