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...Sinclair's book The Jungle, a scathing exposé of the filthy conditions existing in the nation's meat-packing plants, led to passage of the 1906 Meat Inspection Act. Still in force, the act requires the Department of Agriculture to inspect every red-meat animal whose carcass moves in interstate commerce -both before and after slaughter. Trouble is, 15% of the slaughtered animals and 25% of the processed meat do not cross state lines and thus escape federal regulation. Policing of this meat is left to the states, but only 29 have mandatory meat-inspection laws...
...done. He and the thousands like him who have enlisted have made possible the deferment of many students who are using someone else's future to educate themselves. I wouldn't trade one of the memories I have of my nephew for the whole, smug, overeducated carcass of one of these bearded, unbathed louts who are infesting our colleges and using them as a haven for their cowardice or as a sounding board for Red propaganda...
Trouble Spot. The greatest changes are in the cord fibers used to make the carcass of a tire. Nylon is a particularly admirable cord, but automakers are not fond of it. Only 6% of the nation's new cars carry nylon tires as original equipment, though 80% of the tires sold in the replacement market are nylon. Detroit's resistance derives largely from the fact that nylon tires tend to make a thumping noise for the first few blocks or miles of a ride-and auto dealers can have a difficult time convincing customers that the thump comes...
Though the Senate minority leader often jests about his ailments-complaining about what he likes to call "this old carcass"-last week's accident was no joke to official Washington. President Johnson, flying back from Texas, placed a worried call to the hospital and dispatched a White House plane to bring Mrs. Dirksen to her husband's bedside from Nashville, where she was visiting their daughter. Later in the week, Johnson paid Dirksen a personal call. The President's concern was more than a reflection of longstanding friendship. It was also acknowledgment of Dirksen's unique...
...experiments demonstrate, Payne reports, that insects and their larvae hasten decomposition not only by feeding on the carcass, but also by spreading bacteria and by the simple mechanical process of burrowing through the flesh. "If it weren't for insects," Entomologist Payne says, "we'd be up to our necks in dead bodies...