31.  Last year, Ralston-Purina segregated its faltering Continental Baking unit from its basic food business using targeted stock instead of a spinoff.

32.  Officers go months without pay, forcing them to forgo vacations and even basic food items.

33.  Only basic food goods would be exempt from the tax, under this proposal.

34.  Other contentious issues include government fuel-oil subsidies and monopolies in a number of basic foods.

35.  Other processors of basic foods have been making similar moves to boost profits.

36.  One reason for food-contamination illnesses is that many people lack basic food skills.

37.  Ray agrees that the three basic food groups are meat, gravy and cocktails.

38.  So that means that the three basic food groups are now fat, breading and binder?

39.  Stare defined the four basic food groups and was an early champion of drinking at least six glasses of water a day.

40.  The finance ministry has responded the tax does not apply to basic food items, health care, education and transportation.