breadbasket

• Extracting the fire-engine red telephone from his desk drawer, Smith set it on his glassy desktop and lifted the handset to his ear I am aware of the situation, Mr. President Our breadbasket is under attack," the President said hoarsely Under selective attack," Smith replied calmly How can you be so calm? —  Destroyer 107: Feast or Famine
• Like our country, Zimbabwe had a flourishing agriculture sector, so much so it was called the breadbasket of southern Africa. —  Gazizza
• Today I took a closer look at Chernobyl and found a picture diary of a young woman's motorcyle trip through the 'Wolf Land' The Ukraine was once described as the breadbasket of Europe, not any more. —  Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune
• The deterioration of the global economy and breadbasket will be a major catapult for a world raging in war. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
• Once hailed as Africa's breadbasket, Zimbabwe's economy has virtually collapsed over the past decade with inflation out of control and chronic shortages of foreign currency and food. —  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories

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