Word: containers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...single serving is just half a cup of vegetables, a medium-size piece of fruit or a slice of bread. Observes the University of Toronto's Dr. Anthony Miller, who helped draft the report: "If you eat a mixed salad and have fruit for dessert, your meal might contain three servings...
Moreover, the newest workstations contain microprocessor chips endowed with an advanced technology called RISC (reduced instruction-set computer). Because the instructions embedded in the circuitry of the streamlined chips are simpler and relatively few in number, they take less time to execute. The computers that have RISC chips are faster and more powerful than standard models. One result is that a workstation can produce graphics that are far more detailed than those generated by personal computers...
...formulating a policy for the region, President Bush would do well to keep in mind the Cuban and Nicaraguan precedents. These are not examples of the American failure to contain Communism. These are examples of the American failure to contain its own tendencies to manage and mismanage El Salvador, Central America and the rest of the hemisphere...
...added that the society's reading did not contain Chapter 14 of the novel, which he said is considered the most offensive. "It was a sufficient statement to read the book," Segal said, adding that the group wanted to make a symbolic statement rather than cause offense...
...study charges that all too often what is on the plate or in the glass may not be good for you at all. In fact, reports the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an environmental group based in New York City, farm produce sold in U.S. supermarkets and greengroceries may contain so much pesticide that it poses a serious hazard to the health of the nation's 22 million preschoolers...