DR expands food subsidies.The DR has expanded subsidies on basic food staples staples U-shaped stainless steel or vitallium units with sharp points used for surgical fixation. epiphyseal staples used to staple epiphysis to metaphysis; have metal bracing at the corners. to maintain calm after deadly food riots recently struck neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Haiti, reports AP (May 11, 2008). Trucks loaded with milk, chicken, eggs and other food staples have been rumbling across the nation, where almost half of 9.5 million residents live in poverty. The subsidized sub·si·dize tr.v. sub·si·dized, sub·si·diz·ing, sub·si·diz·es 1. To assist or support with a subsidy. 2. To secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy. food is on average 30% below supermarket prices. The government recently expanded the effort by selling a US$3 (euro2) package that includes a frozen chicken and 4 lbs (1.8 kgs) each of potatoes and onions On·ions , Charles Talbut 1873-1965. British philologist and lexicographer who was coeditor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1914 to 1933. . An estimated 20,000 of the packets are being sold daily. President Leonel Fernandez implemented the subsidies as he sought re-election in May. |
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