Word: rice
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...perhaps the chief appeal of the Soviet program is that Russia, a nation that still needs many raw materials and foodstuffs, can accept commodities in trade that Western countries already have in abundance. The U.S. is actually a competitor of underdeveloped nations in selling such surplus items as rice and cotton, buys many other commodities only when they are scarce...
...years ago the Chinese Communists, trying to curb an annual population growth of 15 million, revived the ancient Chinese myth that a dose of tadpoles after each meal is an effective oral contraceptive. Thousands of women promptly rushed to dirty lakes and rivers to scoop up tadpoles with rice bowls. One result: widespread schistosomiasis (infestation with blood flukes). Even worse, the government admitted ruefully last week, women who religiously swallow tadpoles get pregnant just the same...
Elementary. In Brooklyn, a suspicious housewife discovered uncooked rice on the floor of her husband's automobile, dragged him into court, where he was indicted for bigamy...
Reveille is sounded before daybreak by transistor radios blasting out the morning news. At their irregular meals, the men eat rice or boiled starchy roots, dried codfish or bananas, sometimes boa constrictor or raccoon. They march, often dry and thirsty, through the hot midday. Castro moves along with them, joshing his men, examining their weapons, dressing-down laggards...
Some auto dealers were even stumping for their competitors. In nearby Dearborn, Edsel Dealer Floyd Rice posted a sign that read: IF WE CAN'T SELL YOU, SEE OUR NEIGHBOR, H. R. MARSH & SON, ACROSS THE STREET! Chevrolet Dealer Marsh returned the plug: OUR NEIGHBOR, FLOYD RICE, HAS GOOD DEALS...