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For nearly two years, U.S. farmers and ranchers watched as the second shoe grew bigger and bigger. On Nov. 22, it officially dropped. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service estimates released that day, 2005 will be the first year in nearly 50 that America will not turn an agricultural trade surplus. The dubious milestone was met with odd silence at USDA. Odd because throughout the fall presidential campaign, Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman talked herself hoarse each time some farm community in a swing state dedicated a new, USDA-sponsored street light. Now, as America is about to...

Thursday, August 8th, 2002 w w w . t a i p e i t i m e s . c o m A  M e m b e r  o f   t h e  L i b e r t y  T i m e s  G r o u p 36,609,005 v i s i t s Editorial: Focus on economics, not wordplay President Chen Shui-bian's (³¯¤ô«ó) "one country on each side" statement has stirred up a commotion both at home and abroad. Li Weiyi (§õºû¤@), spokesman of China's Taiwan Affairs Office, departed from Beijing previous line of intimidation in his response,...