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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ph.D. in biochemistry and a solid background in current affairs. And Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture decided to make things even more interesting, issuing its long-awaited approval of irradiation technology for meat. That's right - in roughly 60 days, there will be a new label to inspect at your local market: The "radura" symbol will adorn meat that's been zapped by gamma rays - much in the manner of microwave ovens, without actually cooking the meat. The process, scientists say, wipes out E. coli and other, potentially life-threatening bacteria. While the Food and Drug Administration approved irradiation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: First TV Dinners, Now This | 12/15/1999 | See Source »

Yesterday morning at 9 a.m., on their only day off between Columbus Day and Thanksgiving, 10 Harvard students and maintenance employees met to inspect one of Harvard's most abundant products- trash...

Author: By Daniel D. Springer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students, Employees Sort Trash for Audit | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

...proposal, assuming that factory locations and information are made public, would then staff a small, independent monitoring organization that responds to complaints rather than tries to inspect every garment factory on the globe. A secret, corporate model such as the FLA, on the other hand, lacking the aid of public scrutiny, would try to do all the monitoring itself...

Author: By Aron R. Fischer, | Title: Two Approaches to Sweatshops | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

...themselves in a side room in which the audtioners wait their turn. As they sit, or pace, they can watch tapes of the Kroks at Carnegie Hall or peruse black and white photos of old members, including the Munsters' own Fred Gwynne '51. The Kroks have identical clipboards and inspect each potential member as a mechanic would an engine, walking up as he sings, bending over and listening with furrowed brow to the nervous auditioner's stab at the Krok standards. "Hmmm," they say and scribble on the clipboards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Behind the Curtain with the Kroks | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

...stumps for New York votes by publicly urging her husband to recognize Jerusalem as Israel?s capital. But Disney stands to lose up to $150 million a year in an Arab boycott of its products. Despite Eisner?s assurances, Arab League officials are still demanding the right to inspect the "Millennium Village" before its opening to ensure that Islamic and Christian claims on Jerusalem are respected. And the site?s producers are left with the headache of creating an entertainment and education program that reconciles competing claims on the city?s identity. But hey, they don?t call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerusalem's Status? Leave It to Mickey Mouse | 9/14/1999 | See Source »

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