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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mosquito repellent. DePuy soon concluded that Attleboro had caught the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese massing for an attack on the Special Forces camp of Suoi Da, perhaps as the opening of a major winter offensive. True or not, the Reds kept fighting as though it were; the biggest battle was still to come...
...sure, Rhodesia has been unable to sell the bulk of its tobacco crop -the nation's biggest cash earner-because of the sanctions. Nevertheless, most farmers have got rid of enough to cover their production costs. In any case, the loss may be a boon, since it is forcing Rhodesians to diversify their crops. Whatever their impact, sanctions have served only to make the whites more adamant...
...consumer will simply not respond. Similarly, Madison Avenue may create less-than-essential needs, from deodorants to wigs, but somehow, somewhere, products must appeal to genuine human wants. Yesterday's luxury is today's necessity, and tastes are real even if they are acquired tastes. "The biggest waste in our society is feeding grain to animals," says Harvard Economist Thomas Schelling. "We lose nine-tenths of the calories in the grain. As for the proteins, we could easily get all we need out of soybeans. But we like the taste of meat, and we can afford to produce...
...Seymour, who had obviously recovered from the sprained ankle he suffered two weeks before against Oklahoma. Muscling up for this week's collision with No. 2ranked Michigan State, the No. 1-ranked Irish ran their season's record to 8-0 by demolishing Duke 64-0-the biggest victory margin of any Notre Dame team in 22 years...
...your turkey without dressing." With such cards for holidays and for just about any other occasion as well, Cleveland's American Greetings Corp. is the fastest-growing company in the U.S.'s $800 million-a-year greeting-card industry. The trade's five biggest companies-Hallmark, American Greetings, Gibson, Norcross and Rust Craft-have a steady annual increase in sales. American Greetings alone is growing almost 14% a year, this year will have record sales of $94 million...