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...research resources of the arboretum are about the best in the world for work on any type of botany work, says Mercer Fellow John S. Burley, a botanist working at the arboretum...
...Burley's particular project, funded by the National Cancer Institute, involves the collection of Southeast Asian plants that might help in alleviating or curing cancer and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The work, which is being done jointly with the University of Illinois at Chicago's pharmaceutical program, also entails the interviewing of doctors and other natives who know which plants are used as medicinals...
...Georgetown (pop. 11,000), a center of Burley tobacco farming and Thoroughbred horse breeding, Toyota has found a site close to auto-parts suppliers, a crucial consideration for Japanese firms striving to keep a low level of inventories. In addition, the town's central U.S. location will allow Toyota to keep down delivery costs. Finally, the area offers inexpensive and plentiful electricity and easy access to two interstate highways...
...cents to 16 cents, and cheaper foreign-grown tobacco, about a quarter of the tobacco grown in the U.S. last year went unsold at auction. The farmers' assessment under the loan program was increased from 3 cents to 7 cents for flue-cured, 1 cents to 9 cents for burley, but that covered only $175 million of the $1.6 billion they borrowed between 1982 and 1984 and are legally obliged to pay back to the Government. The farmers are trying to work out a deal with the cigarette companies to buy up the surplus tobacco, but the long-term prospects...
From there, McNerney entered the semifinal round against the only collegian who has defeated him this year, Daryl Burley from Lehigh. In a rematch of the Eastern final, McNerney dropped a 10-5 decision to Burley, a wrestler who completed his college career with only two losses and who went on to win this year's national crown...