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...reign of Elizabeth I, an English agent for the Muscovy Co. of London had this advice about dealing with the Russians: "Make your bargains plain, and put them in writing." Americans staring across the mahogany of detente sometimes learn the hard way -in the 1972 wheat deal, for example -that, for Communists, the Russians can be very good at doing business...
Coffee with cream and sugar-and chicory, wheat, molasses, bran and caramel...
...producers are hustling a variety of substitutes, additives and extenders to take the sting out of coffee prices. General Foods, the biggest U.S. coffee roaster (Maxwell House, Yuban, Sanka) is test marketing a new brand, called Mellow Roast, that is a combination of coffee and other ingredients -46% wheat, bran and molasses in the instant. Mellow Roast ads not only stress low price (about $2.90 for 8 oz. of instant) but also maintain that the additives yield "a delicious coffee taste without the bitterness" of the real thing. Nestle's entry in the field, which goes by the tongue...
...most exciting match of the evening, mainly because it lasted close to 20 seconds, featured Mike Brown '80 and Mike Rubenstein '78 in the 200-220 lbs. category. The two heavies hunched over a table built by Marv Wheat '78 according to the official rules. (Official rules--are you kidding?) They pursed their lips and stared striaght down waiting for the start. This was going to be a battle and the crowd sensed...
...conservative fiscal policies, Argentina's foreign reserves have grown in the past year from $23 million to more than $2.3 billion. After a $1 billion deficit in 1975, the country's 1976 balance of payments returned to the black, buoyed by a record 11.2 million-ton wheat harvest. International banks are again offering loans, and an estimated $400 million from foreign accounts held by inflation-wary Argentines has returned to the country...