Some non-governmental organisations want a moratorium on ethanol output, saying this would cut grain prices by 20%.

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China has cut grain exports to North Korea because rising food prices have given it reason to worry about its domestic supplies.

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And such a stimulus would cut against the grain of reducing the debt and the deficit.

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But by playing favourites and discriminating against everyone else, such deals cut against the grain of globalisation.

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Quick recycling switched the point of attack once more and Kiwi centre Williams cut back against the grain to go over by the posts, Wilkinson converting for 13-6 as Toulon took the lead for the first time.

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Thin walnut slats are cut alternately with and against the grain and glued together to give both flexibility and strength.

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This led to the development of the first chainsaw that could cut with, or against, the grain of the wood.

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Cut the long piece of skirt steak into 3- to 4-inch sections, then cut each section into thin strips across the grain (that is, in line with the full length of the skirt steak).

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This week they refused to sell grain and livestock, and blocked roads to stop them being transported, to try to make Congress cut export taxes.

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