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...price-fixing scheme. But a federal grand jury in Chicago has cast a wide net to determine who might have participated. In recent weeks, the grand jury has subpoenaed possible evidence of collusion from agribusiness behemoths Cargill, CPC International and A.E. Staley. The products in question: high-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener found in everything from Coca-Cola to cake; lysine, an amino acid used in feeding poultry and hogs; and citric acid, which adds tartness to jams and jellies, among many other uses. Some experts speculated that investigators are focusing on the possibility that ADM set predatory--meaning artificially...
...largese, Andreas has often seemed to reap what he has sown. For example, ADM profits handsomely from federal programs that raise U.S. sugar prices above the world level, at an estimated cost to consumers of $1.4 billion a year. That creates a market for cheaper high-fructose corn syrup, which has all but replaced sugar as an ingredient in soft drinks. Such a sweet deal made the head of a Chicago commodities firm wonder last week: "If ADM owns the markets and laws, why would it need to fix prices...
...bring various other medical supplies: Pepto Bismol, Tylenol, cough syrup, etc. The prices at Harvard Square drug stores are outrageous, and when you come down with a mysterious freshman illness at two in the morning, they're not open...
...tablespoons light corn syrup...
There is nothing new about this bit of pop philosophy for the masses. In striking a balance between what we want and what we can get, the ownership of ideals and a romantic vision is a sweet, intoxicating syrup that alternately sustains hope and steals it away. Few strike well the balance between foolish bliss and defeatism, between the tragic romantic and the resigned. Most of us swing back and forth between the two across different issues and different times...