Word: rice
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lebanese capital. "In the column that pushed down the main Beirut-Damascus highway, one tank crewman was singing Arabic songs through a megaphone; another sat atop his turret playing a shepherd's flute. In some places the troops were received with slaughtered lambs. In others women threw rice and tincture of orange blossoms over them in the traditional sign of welcome...
Part of the huge sums used to finance KCIA operations have been obtained from about $5 million a year in commissions believed to have been paid to Tongsun Park by U.S. suppliers of rice to South Korea. Such payments are illegal under the federally subsidized "Food for Peace" program and are being investigated by the Agriculture Department. The KCIA has also coerced Korean businessmen into cooperating in a scheme to cheat the U.S. military procurement agency in South Korea. Bids by Korean contractors have been routinely rigged at meetings that were called "tangos." At these conclaves, the chosen bidder paid...
...there is more to Ludwig's Brazilian venture than just trees. Jari has diked, drained, leveled, and planted in rice 5,000 acres of swampy land along the Amazon riverbanks. In September the company had its first rice harvest. On the rice project alone, Ludwig has spent more than $20 million for the three airplanes that do the seeding and fertilizing, a fleet of 26 rice harvesters, and a drying and storage facility. By 1982 Jari will have 35,000 acres of rice under cultivation. Single crop yields are roughly the same as in Arkansas and Missouri?about 2� tons...
...Kaye 43 Keith Bassi MG 35 Lou Bernieri 75 Bob Skronski RT 77 Steve Kaseta 90 Sheldon Smith RE 91 Bob Baggott 91 Bill Crowley LLB 30 Joe Jason 52 Jeff Waller RLB 55 Tommy Joyce 24 Scott Rooth MB 23 Bill Emper 28 Chris Judge CB 18 Lou Rice 11 Kurt Nondorf HB 41 Andy Puopolo 35 Steve Skrovan S 17 Paul Halas
Said Rand Corp. President Donald Rice, 37: "We consistently underestimate the good sense of the American people. I think they can stand a good deal more. They can be told: 'I do not know, but here are the kinds of trade-offs that are involved...