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...small farmers, the drought could be ruinous. For example, Kenneth Grove, who invested heavily in weed killers and fertilizers to work his 220 acres in Tecumseh, Neb., has given up on part of his crop and is now mowing it to feed his 80-head dairy herd. On the other hand, many large and middle-size farmers, who earned the bulk of the $32 billion in agricultural income last year, have enough financial protection to tide them over. Indeed, many big wheat farmers, who brought in their winter harvest before the drought struck, stand to make a bundle because they...
...National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce voiced more general gripes. Speaking for the N.A.M., for instance, Michael Stinton, safety manager of Dow Corning Corp., contended that lowering factory noise levels from 90 decibels to 85, one proposal OSHA has studied, could cost U.S. industry a ruinous $31 billion...
...intend to join in support of other legislative efforts to prevent the issuance of more ruinous judicial orders and bureaucratic decrees which has so unsettled our citizens over the past several years. For as long as I have been in the Senate, I have fought vigorously against the usurpation by federal courts and by bureaucrats of authority and responsibility lawfully vested in local school boards around our country. I have continually urged the Congress to express its opposition to judicial and bureaucratic tyranny by enacting strong and effective legislation. Occasionally, we have been able to adopt provisions in the form...
Since the coup, a number of VIP prisoners have been awaiting trial on Dawson Island in the Strait of Magellan. These prisoners, most of whom were close collaborators of Allende, including several former Cabinet ministers, have not been tortured. But they have been put on a strict and often ruinous military regimen. For many, the hard work and meager diet of bread and beans have proved merciless. After several months on Dawson Island, Allende's Foreign Minister, Clodomiro Almeyda, was brought to Santiago wearing tattered clothing and in precarious health. In February, former Minister of Interior and Defense...
...nationwide strike, which could eventually bring the country to a shattering halt. Coal stocks at power stations (70% of Britain's electricity is generated by coal) are not expected to reach emergency levels for about two months. But the effects on British industry will be swift, and potentially ruinous. Said British Steel Chairman Monty Finniston: "For four to seven weeks you will get a trickle of steel, and then-curtains." The London stock market last week reflected that gloomy prospect when prices plunged to their lowest level in seven years because of what one official called fears...