Word: restrict
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...supports do keep prices of many American-grown foods well above those prevailing in the rest of the world. The supports are a complex mixture of loans and cash payments from the Government to farmers, who sometimes have to restrict planting to qualify for them. They guarantee the farmer a minimum income per bushel, which he can collect from Uncle Sam if private buyers will not pay that much; they keep market prices near the support level. In the case of wheat, which gets more subsidy ($3.8 billion this year) than any other American crop, the basic U.S. support level...
Target Prices. These are set at levels that supposedly cover farm production costs but in fact are often determined by political negotiation. They are higher than the loan rates, in the case of 1985-crop wheat, $4.38 per bu. vs. $3.30. Growers who qualify, sometimes by agreeing to restrict production, sell their crops to private buyers. But if the market price falls below the target price, the Government makes up the difference with a cash "deficiency payment," up to a maximum representing the difference between the loan rate and the target price--$1.08 per bu. on 1985 wheat. The Administration...
...major reason that courses have to hold lotteries to restrict enrollment is because of the acute shortage of section leaders, said Wilcox. Moreover, many students are taking Core courses--which usually have sections--instead of mid-level department classes, which often...
...memo, signed by Dean A. Michael Spence, is part of a larger effort within the University to assure conformity with seven-year-old laws that restrict photocopying of published material...
...letter dated December 18 the presidents recommend that the Chamber press for reform of the laws, which restrict where Blacks may live and work and separate many Blacks from their families in "homelands...