Word: southernization
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
April-Agro's enterprising president, Morris Demel, 50, a Polish-born Jew who grew up in Cuba and fled to Puerto Rico after Castro's takeover, planned to grow produce on arid southern coast farmland once used for sugar cane. Importing five Israeli agronomists and applying drip-irrigation methods developed on Israeli kibbutzim, Demel initially wanted to devote 5,000 acres to fruits and vegetables. But seven years after he began the project, only 1,000 acres are under cultivation...
...danger of an Iranian blockade has lent special importance to Oman, which lies on the strait's southern shore. An Omani naval base at Ras Masandam monitors all ship movements through the channel, while the sultanate's fast and flashy Province-class patrol ships, each armed with eight radar-guided Exocet missiles, are on constant alert, occasionally shooing away Iranian intruders. Qaboos has also seen to it that Oman's 21,500-man volunteer army, navy and air force do not lack for equipment. He lavishes 46% of the national budget on the military and keeps it supplied with...
Jake Steinfeld was perhaps the first to make a public reputation with a best-selling 1984 book and videocassette (Body by Jake). But many in lo-fat, hi-fad Southern California now swear by Isaacson. A muscular, 5 ft. 7 in. 155 pounder who bears a remarkable resemblance to Bruce Jenner, Isaacson, 36, has perfected the art of dealing with the nonsense and the no-nonsense attitudes of stars. He cajoles, he flatters, but he produces. "Hollywood's based on taking care of business," he says. "We get it done. We make it happen. For me the bottom line...
Johnson has no plans to retire, but he is preparing his daughter, Linda Johnson Rice, 27, to take over some day. With a B. A. in journalism from the University of Southern California, Rice is in charge of Ebony/ Jet Showcase! She says she has absorbed her father's management style: "Delegate freely . . . and check on it every chance you get." --By Charles P. Alexander. Reported by Elizabeth Taylor/Chicago
...public's new appetite for Southern delicacies like deep-fried catfish is part of the reason for the piscatory success story. Texas-based Church's Fried Chicken, a fast-food outlet, introduced the fish last April, and it is now a strong seller in the chain's 1,600 stores. Says Kay Richardson, Church's public relations director: "When I receive a letter from someone in Seattle asking about catfish, I know it's made it." According to a recent report by the Department of Agriculture, foreigners may soon be craving their own catch of American catfish. Among the likely...