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Misplaced Priorities; Ethanol Promotion and its Unintended Consequences.
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Harvard International Review
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March 22, 2008
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- Bhat, K1ran
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When the state of Iowa becomes a priority in the US presidential election, it is only a matter of time before agriculture dominates the discussion. Indeed, US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama all brought out their metaphorical overalls to sing praises of corn farmers before the February caucuses. Such kowtowing to Iowa's farmers has become a quadrennial tradition in the United States, where federal corn subsidies totaled US$37.3 billion from 1995 to 2003. The United States' funding of corn farmers stems largely from precedent, a desire to keep the heartland happy, and perhaps even a romanticized conception of small farmers. However, the ...
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Results of United States Open Track and Field Meet
Xinhua News Agency;
June 9, 2002 ;
380 words
...Following are the results from the United States Open track meet in Stanford, California...Nevis, 10.18 seconds 2. Marcus Brunson, United States, 10.21 3. Aziz Zakari, Ghana, 10.26...45.54 800-meter 1. Derrick Peterson, United States, 1 minute, 47.18 seconds 2. Otukile...
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United States-Germany Sums
AP Online;
February 12, 2002 ;
177 words
...00-00-0000 United States 2 4 4 _10 Germany 0 0 0 _ 0 First Period_1, United States, K. Bye (J. Potter, T. Mounsey), 6:16. 2, United States, L. Baker (C. Bailey, K. Bye), 15:05. Penalties_A. Ruggiero, United States, (high-sticking), 10:43J. Schreckenbach...
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United States 8, Belarus 1
AP Online;
February 18, 2002 ;
177 words
...00-00-0000 United States 0 3 5 _8 Belarus 1 0 0 _1 First Period_1, Belarus...Tsyplakov, O. Khmyl), 0:20. Penalties_J. LeClair, United States (holding), 6:00B. Hull, United States (illegal equipment), 12:25V. Kopat, Belarus (hooking...
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Iraq and its implications: Sir Marrack Goulding considers the situation in...
New Zealand International Review;
September 1, 2004 ;
Goulding, Marrack;
787 words
...The United States' venture in Iraq has so far achieved...Bush's adventure in Iraq about how the United States is going to use its power? Can we...traditional friends and allies of the United States, persuade Washington that it is in...
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United States' road to 2006 World Cup finals
Xinhua News Agency;
May 19, 2006 ;
156 words
...United States' road to 2006 World Cup finals BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Following is United States' road to the 2006 World Cup finals (home teams listed first): June 13, 2004 United States bt Grenada 3-0 June 20, 2004 Grenada lost to United States...
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After a decade of free trade, Mexican corn farmers see little future
AP Worldstream;
December 11, 2005 ;
MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer;
782 words
......competition, the small-plot corn farmers of the rolling hills...to find work in the United States. Others have retreated...fertilizer, many Mexican corn farmers are now retreating...left to work in the United States _ often as undocumented...are already in the ...
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Hewlett-Packard/Agilent Agrees to Pay $7,000,000 to United States to...
PR Newswire;
July 30, 2002 ;
787 words
...BOSTON -- United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan announced today the United States has settled civil claims against Hewlett...submitting false and/or fraudulent claims to the United States in connection with the sale of medical products...
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Not in our country? A critique of the United States welfare system through...
Columbia Journal of Gender and Law;
June 22, 2005 ;
Love, Christie N.;
787 words
...I. INTRODUCTION The United States has not shied away from speaking...rights crusader globally, the United States has neglected human rights violations...influence in the current law. United States welfare policy arguably is not...
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European integration: Dangers for the United States
Chicago Journal of International Law;
October 1, 2000 ;
Cash, Bill;
787 words
...I. OVERVIEW The United States has vital trade, defense, and...accelerating drive toward a United States of Europe. At the same time, it...the Cold War, and to Kosovo, the United States has consistently shown it is willing...
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Conflicts Between United States Immigration Law and the General Agreement...
Texas International Law Journal;
October 1, 2006 ;
Worster, William Thomas;
787 words
...I. INTRODUCTION United States laws establishing qualifications...potentially in violation of the United States' obligations under the World Trade...of a WTO dispute, may force the United States to choose between accepting trade...
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Factbox of United States vs Czech Republic
Xinhua News Agency;
June 12, 2006 ;
421 words
...Factbox of United States vs Czech Republic GELSENKIRCHEN, June 12 (Xinhua) -- United States will kick off the World Cup Group E opener...time World Cup Capacity: 52,000 Squad: United States Goalkeepers: 1-Tim Howard (Manchester Utd...
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Recognition and enforcement of judgments and child support obligations in...
Texas International Law Journal;
July 1, 1999 ;
Weintraub, Russell J;
787 words
...I. INTRODUCTION The United States and Canada have a friendly and...between contracting parties.2 The United States and Canada are signatories of...enforcement of arbitral awards.5 The United States, however, is not a party to any...
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A cautious welcome for the gringo; Latin America and the United States.
The Economist (US);
March 17, 2007 ;
787 words
......impression that the United States is too busy battling...he showed that the United States has partners in the...stadium, denounced the United States as the most murderous...is not because the United States is the bigger benefactor...wants to cut the United ...
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The United States and Biological Warfare: Secrets from the Early Cold War...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;
May 1, 1999 ;
Moon, John Ellis van Courtland;
787 words
...The United States and Biological Warfare: Secrets from...allegations were dismissed by the United States and later, by several Korean War...Rees, and T. R. Fehrenbach. In The United States and Biological Warfare, Stephen Endicott...
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STUDY SAYS NAFTA WOULD REDUCE NUMBER OF CORN FARMERS IN MEXICO
SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico;
May 12, 1993 ;
305 words
......will result in a drop in the number of corn farmers in Mexico to less than one-fifth of...that only between 10% and 15% of those corn farmers who remain after NAFTA is implemented...government provide technical assistance to corn farmers in order to promote more efficient use...
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