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...million shipment has sown a heap of controversy. Some federal and state officials have charged that the free seed from the North may not be suitable for Southern soil. The Federal Crop Insurance Corp. warns that farmers who use the seed against Government advice could be declared ineligible for benefit programs. But many argue that they have no choice. Says Tom Trantham of Pelzer, S.C.: "We have to survive...
Amid the kidnapings that have tormented Beirut in recent years and sown frustration and despair in Western capitals, Anglican Envoy Terry Waite has been a calm symbol of hope. In five missions to Lebanon, the 6-ft. 7-in. troubleshooter has established himself as one of the few Westerners able to bargain with the terrorists holding foreigners hostage. So it was all the more disturbing last week when Waite himself, who vanished Jan. 20 during his latest mission, appeared to have become a captive. While reports of Waite's kidnaping remained unconfirmed, they steadily grew more alarming. Over the weekend...
...didn't feel I had it sown up until the intersquad scrimmage [the weekend before the Columbia game]" Landau added...
...seeds of the trouble were sown, recklessly, in the 1970s. That was a decade of high prosperity in the croplands. Worldwide demand for U.S. grain and fiber boomed. The Government advised farmers to plant fence to fence, and growers happily complied. They could sell all they raised at prices often well above the federal support levels...
...long trip north did have some benefits. When Dartmouth hits sown tomorrow might for. Harvard's Ivy League opener, the Big Green will sport a defense similar to that employed by Maine...