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...Take bloc authority," Liao went on. "That meant the provincial governments did the trading and marketing. Villages in north Jiangsu, for example, raise tomatoes, so they need bamboo staves to make the wicker tepees that hold tomatoes up. Anhui [just across the border] had surplus bamboo. But tomato farmers in Jiangsu couldn't get any bamboo from Anhui because that crossed a provincial border. That's bloc authority...
Standard & Poor's said that Chicago "has exhibited chronic financial stress" since 1978, and added that the situation has continued to deteriorate under the Washington administration. It pointed out that the city's corporate-fund unreserved balance (essentially surplus cash available) has dropped from $29 million to $300,000. For his part, Washington issued a terse statement saying that the Wall Street action was a "disappointment." The mayor may have further letdowns in store for him: next month Moody's Investors Service will complete a review of Chicago's fiscal condition, which may lead...
...diminished corn prospects are largely due to the Agriculture Department's payment in kind (PIK) program, which began with this year's crop. PIK is designed to ease the buildup of farm surpluses by giving surplus grain to farmers who idle their land. The program, which some critics label a windfall, brought about a planned 27% drop in the corn acreage planted this year. In July the Government estimated that the reduction would trim the 1983 corn harvest to 6.2 billion...
...substantive step the Administration took last week was to increase the amount of surplus foods that will be distributed free from the Government's stockpiles. The program to give away cheese had been cut back from a peak of 60 million tons per month to about 30 million tons because of pressure from manufacturers who said it was hurting sales. The amount will now rise to 40 million tons. More butter, powdered milk, corn meal and honey will also be released from federal storage. In addition, the White House is withdrawing its opposition to a bill to provide...
...most complex levels, surgeons at Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago can diagnose prenatal hydrocephalus (a brain-damaging excess of cerebrospinal fluid) in a fetus, then introduce a plastic tube into the mother's uterus and into the fetus' head to drain off the surplus fluid inside its brain. Guiding many of these technological innovations is the ubiquitous computer, which can synthesize a mother's voice as easily as it can measure eye movements or count the times that young Gery sucks on his nipple...