Word: basic
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...resentful sense that the Japanese are taking over the country, if not the world. But far bigger investments in the U.S. are those of the Europeans, who now face a gigantic opportunity in the collapse of East European communism. In theory, the European Community is supposed to complete its basic economic merger in 1992, when it will have free movement of capital, open borders, no trade barriers among the member nations and a common tariff on outside goods. Some now see difficulties in the new possibility of German reunification and an economic opening to the East. Leaders of the European...
Most Ubiquitous Edible. There are at least 425 shapes and sizes of pasta -- round, square, tubular, flat -- and Americans seemingly craved them all. In the '80s the nation gorged on this basic yet incredibly varied Italian staple. Last year domestic consumption of pasta, from agnolotti to ziti, topped 4 billion lbs. -- nearly 18 lbs. for every man, woman and bambino...
...running herds pose threats to pastures and water that cattle need. "Most people feel there should be some place in the U.S. for wild horses because they're so important in our past," says Boyles. "But we recognize the range is only going to support so many. The two basic questions are, How many should we have? and What should we do with the excess animals?" Until these questions are answered, sanctuaries can provide mustangs a haven somewhere between unbridled liberty and galloping into extinction...