Word: winterful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...estimate, food prices will go up by some $70 per family, since energy is used intensively throughout the food chain, from farm to supermarket. Anyone unfortunate enough to heat his home with oil is likely to find that the cost of keeping warm in the Northeast this winter will rise...
...happens, U.S. grain elevators are bulging with enormous stocks, particularly of corn; at last reckoning the corn supply stood at 82.1 million metric tons, which is 14% more than was on hand in 1978. In addition, the winter wheat crop, which is now being gathered in and commonly accounts for three-quarters of the nation's yearly wheat production, is estimated to be a hefty 1.43 billion bu., 8% more than was expected in May. Though beef will remain in short supply until ranchers finish rebuilding their still skimpy herds, pork production is at near record levels and poultry...
...crowd in the chandelier-hung room at Monaco's elegant Winter Sporting Club was certainly stellar, stippled with the rich (Greek Shipowner Stavros Niarchos, London Merchandising Millionaire Sir Charles Clore), the royal (Britain's Princess Alexandra) and the pop (ex-Beatle Ringo Starr). But the real stunners were the prices being paid for the glittering collection of French antique furniture and objets d'art that were on the block in what Sotheby Parke Bernet hoped would be the auction of the year...
Just when Washington is trying to cultivate warmer relations with oil-rich Mexico, a decade-old trade row over winter vegetables threatens to erupt again. Responding to complaints from some Florida growers, the Treasury Department has begun investigating whether Mexican exports of tomatoes, eggplant, bell peppers, squash and cucumbers have been "dumped" in the U.S.-that is, sold at prices below their cost of production. Should the Mexicans be found guilty of violating the antidumping law they would have to pay duties on their produce to cover the margin of dumping. The issue is hot. As a State Department specialist...
...took a seat by the window so I could watch the scenery change from the brown, icy skeletons of a Boston winter to the warm, moist immaculacy of the Southern beaches...