Word: dak
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Caprice for the North American market, and smaller ones like the Opel Rekord abroad for the foreign market. By the mid-'80s, however, there will be one world auto market. The same car is likely to be seen on the streets of Frankfurt, West Germany, and Fargo, N. Dak. The Lynx, Escort and J-cars are all such "world cars." Models will be assembled in places like Japan and South America, in addition to Detroit, from parts that are manufactured in several countries. The result will be stiffer competition among the remaining auto giants. According to a congressional subcommittee...
Flaxton, N. Dak...
...pits bug against bug. Plant Pathologist Gary Strobel at Montana State University has been injecting pseudomonad bacteria into infected trees: the microbes multiply and attack the fungus. Strobel's program is still in the experimental stage, but there have been some modestly promising results. In Sioux Falls, S. Dak., for instance, injections were given to 20 badly diseased trees; seven were saved...
...name may sound lugubrious, but Deadwood, S. Dak. (pop. 1,974), has long been a pretty lively town. For more than 100 years it has sported some of the best little whorehouses in the West. Their combined commerce has, in fact, rivaled logging, mining and tourism as Deadwood's chief source of income. No longer. The bordellos have been closed down, and not all Deadwoodians are happy about...
According to a survey by the Lead (S. Dak.) Daily Call, 42% of the locals were in favor of leaving the houses open, vs. 35% supporting their closure. Some 40 proponents of licensed lust even held a parade on Main Street to support les girls. Sportin' house advocates point out that the ladies kept to their quarters and had regular medical checkups. "They sure kept a lot of strange men off the streets," says Gayle Williams, a barmaid at Saloon Number 10. They also contributed to local charities, as well as such causes as the Jaycees and the Little...