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...creosote bush (Larrea divaricata), an acrid, sticky evergreen that thrives in millions of acres of drought-stricken wasteland. Last winter, using a distilling apparatus made from junkheap parts, Duisberg showed how to turn the hardy bush into a palatable stock feed.* With one byproduct already available to increase the margin of profit (nordihydroguaiaretic acid, a fat preservative that brings $35 a lb.), he managed to develop another: a quick-drying varnish that is almost certain to be salable. Other promising plants on Duisberg's list...
Yale's varsity, holder of the Cup, is the favored boat. The Elis boast of Victories over M.I.T., Penn, and Columbia, while Harvard has defeated M.I.T. twice and Dartmouth once. Yale's margin of victory over the Engineers three weeks ago was four seconds, however, compared to the Crimson's one second win last Saturday. The Tigers have also defeated Penn...
...factors prevented the Elephants from increasing their margin of victory. Two varsity eights near the finish line forced the shell to swerve out of line before the end of the race. Also, there was a strong head wind...
...margin of 37 votes, University laborers elected to let the Groundsmen and Truckers Association represent them in collective bargaining with the University. This marked their official break with the Employees Representative Association, under whose wing they had been...
...Salle admits that his gradual squeeze on profit margins will take a long time to show up on consumer price tags. But when it does begin to be felt, he predicted substantial price slashes, especially among swashbucklers who took advantage of shortages to charge all that the traffic would bear. For many businessmen who tried to hold the price line and got caught by the Jan. 26 freeze, the profit-margin plan would mean a boost in prices...