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...Beyond that, there is a need for chains of agricultural-research centers and schools abroad, partly staffed by an army of young U.S. technicians-one Congressman would call them the "bread and butter corps." Incentives that boost farm output by rewarding it must replace stifling state controls. The old Danish proverb applies: "When the mayor is a baker, the breads are always small...
...couples clustered at 8 p.m. or so to nudge croquet balls on the House lawn. As more people showed the gateman their invitations or spoke the password, "swordfish," the air became thick with smoke from Danish tobacco...
Since supernovae result from stars already shining for millions of years, the Latin term nova (new) is rather a misnomer that stems from Tycho Brahe's 1572 naked-eye study of an exploding star in the constellation Cassiopeia. Ever since the irascible Danish astronomer- detailed his observation in De Nova Stella ("Concerning the New Star"), scientists have been stuck with the term nova...
...year long, the two breweries, which together put out 85% of all Danish beer, carry on a spirited competition at home and abroad. Then, at year's end, the two firms hold a traditional joint meeting. A special board composed of seven executives from each company adds up the profits, divides them down the middle. Elsewhere, this might be legally subject to all sorts of restraint-of-trade prosecution, but the Danes regard it as friendly competition and their alternative to what they disdainfully call "illoyal competition...
...Denmark, which wags have described as a constitutional monarchy in which the legislative power rests with the Parliament and the executive power with the breweries, the government goes along with the split. It ought to. Danish beer is taxed at home more heavily than any other beer in Europe, and last year, before the profits were divided, the government took its own share of $90 million. Above all, the friendly competition has helped Carlsberg and Tuborg build up the exports that the country vitally needs...