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...island of Hawaii, a mere 3% is retained by the land. Much of the rest soaks rapidly through permeable soil and rock and seeps into the sea. The continuous loss leaves three-quarters of the island with no streams or lakes to supply fresh water. Now, as a serendipitous byproduct of volcano research, scientists have found new freshwater sources that may not only enable Hawaiians to move into previously uninhabitable areas, but could also help meet the needs of the island's growing population for generations to come...
Last week three researchers at the Albany Medical Center offered a surprisingly accurate answer. And, oddly, that answer was developed as a byproduct of one of the few forms of therapy that can now be started while a baby is still in the womb. When incompatibility of the Rh blood factor between mother and child is serious enough, even a massive transfusion of blood immediately after birth is sometimes too late to save the child. And for such cases doctors have worked out a delicate technique for transfusion in utero. Before they try such major treatment, however, they insert...
Despite his general indictment of tree-caused air pollution, Went also had a kind word for the tree's byproduct. Some of the important organic deposits in the earth's crust, such as petroleum and bituminous coal, he says, may well have come from arboreal air pollutants gradually deposited on earth by falling rain and snow...
Made of polypropylene fiber, a common petroleum byproduct, Ozite Town 'N' Terrace carpet does not absorb moisture, resists acids, grease, mildew, children and dogs-and can be cleaned by a simple hosing down. Originally intended mainly for patios, Ozite is spreading to schools, supermarkets, kitchens, and is carpeting yachts gunwale to gunwale. Dyed cardinal red, it was used last year to cover the altar set up in Yankee Stadium for Pope Paul's visit. Hoping that consumers will think up more tasks for the product, admen have settled on a simple slogan: "Use your imagination...
Ironically, grade fixing is a byproduct of the academy's curriculum reform and scholastic upgrading launched in 1959 to bring Annapolis up to the level of the best U.S. colleges. The number of courses was raised from 40 to 200; the proportion of civilian teachers was pushed up to 51%. In the fall of 1963, it became apparent that under toughened standards flunkouts would almost triple. Academic Dean A. Bernard Drought, who came to Annapolis from Marquette, instituted what he thought would be a temporary flunk quota to keep the midshipmen afloat...