Word: meats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...food, the one item that housewives might have expected to drop, in view of bumper crops in prospect. But damand was also up, thanks to civilian employment, which had reached a peak of 61,296,000 in June, 1,217,000 more than ever before. Thus, the price of meat in Kansas City soared to a local record of $40.50 a hundred pounds for beef steers, and a world record of $34.25 for feeder (i.e., still-to-be-fattened) steers...
Prospects of early price cuts in meat were also out. With an abundance of feed on hand, farmers this fall would hold back more than the expected number of animals for breeding and fattening, pushing the low rate of meat production still lower and prices still higher...
Closeting himself with Adviser Dulles, Dewey sat far into the night discussing foreign affairs. Next day, Dewey briskly separated the bipartisan meat from the partisan gristle. The bipartisan policy, said Dewey, applied only to participation in U.N. and ERP which, as enacted, "largely expressed the views of Republican leaders." But in other fields of foreign affairs, "there has been no consultation at all with the Republican leadership." These fields, said Dewey, included the Greek-Turkish policy, the Potsdam agreements, Palestine, and "the entire China policy, or lack of one." Foreign policy, he made clear, was going to be a major...
...years ago the Ontario Northland Railway called on chefs of the province for a typical Ontario dish to set before tourists. First prize went to a thrifty meat pie (rabbit, chicken or beef). Saskatchewan ran the same kind of contest, finally gave the first prize to a doughy chicken turnover. In cattle-conscious Alberta a third competition ended up with an old standby: a king-sized steak...
Over the Moon. The Department of Agriculture predicted that meat prices, which hit a new high last month (295% of the 1909-14 average), would go even higher this summer and fall. Reasons: 1) a seasonal decline in the already low rate of production, 2) an "unusually strong" demand due to high consumer income...