Word: tomatos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Prices for fresh fruit will increase, but the cost of orange juice to U.S. consumers is not likely to rise much. Reason: most of it is made from concentrate imported from Brazil. The cold snap will affect fresh vegetable prices as well. About 60% of Florida's tomato crop was destroyed, and many fields of beans and squash were left brown and lifeless...
...year is about one-fifth the cost of a single F-15." Around midnight, after a full day of work without a dinner break, the peace-loving conferees were supplied with one of war's little horrors: the latest in C rations, featuring ham loaf with beans and tomato sauce...
...keeping with the old motto on its best-known product, "Milk from contented cows," Carnation has grown somewhat complacent in recent years. In more aggressive times it bought the Contadina tomato-products brand and created Friskies pet foods and Coffee-Mate nondairy creamer. But Carnation's last acquisition of any size was the $30 million purchase in 1973 of a company that makes class rings. Since 1980 sales have been flat (1983 revenues: $3.4 billion). Says Dan B. Williams, an analyst with Sutro & Co., a San Francisco investment banking firm: "Some observers think Carnation has been stodgy...
...time of independence: the socialist party of David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel, and the far more militant Herut Party, founded by Begin. The last election was so bitter that this time both sides signed a sort of clean-campaign pact. The agreement banned tomato-throwing, punching, spitting and any "incitement to violence...
...Canto (928 Mass, Ave.): Deep-dish pizza, a variety of other entrees, salad and desserts, complete with civilized atmosphere, Cafe Avventura (The Garage): The newest of the bunch, Avventura is probably also the best, Thin-crust, with a perfect tomato-cheese balance, it's widely considered the best deal in the Square. Pizzeria Regina (4-10 Holyoke ST.): Before there was Avventura, Regina's thin-crust had no competition. The downstairs dining room sports friendly booths, pitchers of beer, and a lively atmosphere. Pizzeria Uno (22 JFK St.): If you've never had deep-dish (Chicago-style)pizza...