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Nature should also be modified in other ways, Dubos believes. "Many richnesses of nature are brought to light only in regions that have been humanized"-that is, transformed by human toil into agricultural lands, gardens and parks. But Dubos warned that for every pound of food produced by these areas there is an enormous expenditure of energy-to make and drive the farmer's tractors, to irrigate the land, to manufacture fertilizers and pesticides. Thus, he took issue with another ecological dogma-that expansion of energy production should be curtailed. The continued well-being of agriculture, he said...
...dipping their hands in the till. TIME has learned that two Mafia families-those of Carlo Gambino and Joe Bonanno -were involved. The Gambinos set up the looting, authorities say, and have already pushed 169 lbs. of the stolen drugs in Harlem. The going price: around $100,000 per pound...
...Bryant, Colorado, 6 ft. 1 in., 219 lbs., and Brad VanPelt, Michigan State, 6 ft. 5 in., 221 lbs. The line on Bryant is "powerful, sharp pursuit, a mean cookie." "He can spot a runner five steps," says one scout, and then he will "not only catch him but pound the hell out of him." Versatile is the word for VanPelt. A seven-letter man in three sports, he is tall and tough enough to also be considered as linebacker. Says one scout: "For a big guy he can fly. He's always in the right place, sometimes making...
...growth has come despite premium prices. True organic produce costs about 30% more to produce and deliver than conventional items. The extra effort needed to raise certain vegetables organically and the limited distribution may double the retail cost. A pound of Granola, a cereal containing oats, wheat germ and sunflower seeds, can run a customer as much as 89?, or just about twice the price of a box of "enriched" breakfast cereal. Fertilized eggs, which contain a tiny chick embryo, average 30? a dozen more than standard, unfertilized eggs. Yet demand for such products is so great that profits...
...Hughes turned in his career best in the shot put, hurling the little ball 52` 1 2". Houghes was hot last night four of his losses were better than any he had ever made. In addition," he won the 35-pound weight throw in 56' 7". Harvard took second in the weight with Steve Niemi...