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...answers on the issues is another example of the media?s liberal bias [Sept. 8]. I was disappointed that the vast majority of your interview with McCain was devoted to his ?prickly? attitude, when the full version of the interview on Time.com had much more substance. Alanna Rice, Council Bluffs, Iowa...
...answers on the issues is another example of the media's liberal bias [Sept. 8]. I was disappointed that the vast majority of your interview with McCain was devoted to his "prickly" attitude, when the full version of the interview on TIME.com had much more substance. Alanna Rice, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA...
...That is not acceptable in a western hemisphere that is democratic.' Secretary of State CONDOLEEZZA RICE, stating that the U.S. would not recognize the dictatorial regime by lifting the embargo...
...very same wheat is also the main ingredient in instant noodles produced nearly 10,000 miles (16,000 km) away in a factory in Central Java, Indonesia. Noodles aren't as important as rice in the world's fourth most populous country, but they can be found in the cupboards of almost every Indonesian household. That wasn't the case a decade ago, however, when inflation and rioting following the fall of President Suharto's 32-year military regime prompted food prices to soar, caused factories to fail and led unemployment to double...
...based in Solo, an industrial city about 300 miles (480 km) southeast of Jakarta with some 700,000 inhabitants--is one of the beneficiaries of the program. The noodle factory employs 3,500 and estimates its annual sales at $50 million. One of the country's largest producers of rice vermicelli, egg noodles and wheat biscuits, TPS saw its production drop about 20% after the fall of Suharto as wheat prices doubled. TPS vice president Budhi Istanto, whose family started the business in 1959, credits IRD with helping the company "get back to its optimal capacity. We were not going...