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Growers bet on a desert bean...
...object of Foster's uncertainty is a brown, peanut-size bean called the jojoba (pronounced ho-ho-bah). Nearly a decade ago, researchers found that oil extracted from the beanlike seeds of the jojoba bush, which grows wild in the desert of the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico, could substitute for dwindling supplies of sperm whale...
...spindly jojoba thrives on the arid conditions of the Southwest. Indians of the region, including the Pima and Papago tribes, once used the bean's oily wax as a hair conditioner to protect against the drying effects of sun and wind...
Since it takes between four and six years for newly planted jojoba to bear seeds in large quantities, no commercially cultivated jojoba oil has yet reached the market. But businessmen are already harvesting and processing the wild bean, and demand is strong. Chief buyers are cosmetics manufacturers, including Max Factor, Estee Lauder and Shiseido, a large Japanese firm. They are using jojoba oil as an ingredient in premium shampoos, moisturizers, sunscreens and conditioners...
...walked on the moon in 1969, is no has-Bean. Even though he retired last month from NASA, Bean still ranks as a man of the moon. His self-appointed mission: to paint lunar landscapes. A 20-year dabbler who once imitated the apples and oranges of his favorite painters, Cezanne and Degas, Bean switched three years ago to moonscapes. His works, featuring black sky, gray ground and American lunar craft are a spacy combination of impressionism and realism. So far, he has finished six such oils and plans a show for next year. Snaps Bean: "I want...