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...much pesticide to spray on each field. By 8 a.m. he is heading home to start the most important part of his day: several hours spent at a rolltop desk in his small study. There Benedict goes over computer print-outs analyzing his plantings acre by acre: inputs of seed, fertilizer, irrigation water, machine time; output in bushels and dollars. He draws up precise operating schedules for his half-million dollars' worth of machinery; after all, every gallon of fuel saved adds a few more cents to profit. His print-outs also help him ponder marketing strategy (when should...
...that force the cells to divide and differentiate; each cell develops into a strawberry plant. Farmers can thus bypass the seed and can plant well-developed shoots that grow fast and are free from viruses that attack plants germinating naturally...
...quarterfinals, a hard-fought match that made the finals anticlimatic, Richmond squeezed by seventh seed Pam Banholzer of Dartmouth, 7-6, 7-5. Richmond's superior net game and more aggressive style of play made the difference in a match filled with seemingly endless rallies...
Harvard's top doubles team of Katie Ditzler and Meg Meyer also did well in the tournament reaching the semi-finals before succumbing to Podolsky and Loeffler from Dartmouth, 6-4, 6-3. Seeded fifth, Martha Roberts fended off match point in the third round to qualify for the quarterfinals, where second seed Jean Osachuck of Mt. Holyoke bettered...
...just 1% more of its G.N.P. into savings, it would have $20 billion more in seed capital. Says Feldstein: "It really comes down to this: If we save more, we grow faster. Surely we should take this good opportunity to forgo a bit today in order to gain a lot more tomorrow." To which it might be added that the "lot more tomorrow" would be the best social security for everybody...