Word: turnings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...barley and the oats are gone," said Malard. "If we have rain soon, we can get some corn. But even some of that is shot." He watches the fields particularly in the evening, when the light is softer. "The corn is beginning to turn white," he said. "The leaves are curling. If there is no rain, if the wind keeps blowing like this, if it stays so hot, all the corn will be lost...
...loyal constituency, Jackson should be able to wield influence in this fall's election. But it seems ever more likely that the Jackson campaign of 1988 will go the way of the Jackson campaign of 1984--ceasing to matter after the convention. Unless he chooses to make a dramatic turn either in favor of or antagonistic to the party's all-but-certain nominee, Michael S. Dukakis, Jackson will be of no more significance in the fall election than the other five dwarves who failed to capture the nomination...
Operation Ill Wind targets some 100 military buyers, suppliers and greedy middlemen in one of the largest U. S. cases of white- collar crime. -- House Speaker Jim Wright turns the sleaze issue bipartisan. -- Howard Baker resigns as chief of staff in a White House that seems ready to turn out its lights. -- The worst drought since 1934 withers much of the West, Great Plains and South...
...month, however, Lilly suddenly announced that it would not sell Spike to Peru or the U.S. Government. Reason: the herbicide had not been fully tested in Peru. The company was undoubtedly reacting to protests by environmentalists, who claim that use of the herbicide on the Andes' delicate ecosystem could turn it into a desert. Just after Lilly's announcement, Walter Gentner, a recently retired research scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, complained that he had been pressured by the State Department to condone use of Spike in Peru before its impact had been assessed...
...least 16 hours a week to "workfare," or unpaid community work projects. The Senate and the Administration have already struck a compromise whereby 22% of those receiving benefits must have jobs or be enrolled in education or training programs by 1994. Says Moynihan: "If it works by the turn of the century, we will have a different social landscape...