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...developing hearty strains of crops. Several hybrid rice varieties yield up to five tons per acre, as much as 180% more than a standard American strain. The Chinese have also improved crop yields by pioneering the biological control of insect pests, using ducks, frogs and even other insects. Farmers employ wasps, for example, to control stinkbug infestations of fields...
...first such directory in 1878: a one-page roster of eleven residences and 39 doctors, factories and other commercial listings. Since neither the name Yellow Pages nor the walking-fingers symbol is a protected trademark (they passed into generic use long before AT&T's divestiture), anyone can employ them. Many consumers no longer know whose directories they are using. Southern Bell calls its 242 editions the "Real Yellow Pages," while other publishers have adopted distinctive names in order to stand out from the crowd. GTE, for example, publishes 51 editions of the Neighborhood Phone Book. Nobody knows which editions...
...Garcia said she does not yet know the means her committee will employ to achieve these goals...
That is not very different from the method of more wide-ranging judges and scholars. Where Bork and his critics diverge sharply is on the question of how broadly to define those values and what measures the court may employ to implement them. Bork's views on some major questions of constitutional interpretation...
...class electrical-engineering giant was born practically overnight. In a surprise strategic move, two smaller European competitors -- Switzerland's Brown, Boveri and Sweden's ASEA -- announced a plan to merge their main operating divisions into a joint venture that would boast annual sales of more than $15 billion and employ some 160,000 workers. The new ASEA Brown Boveri should be a potent competitor in the global market for heavy electrical products, among them generating plants, high-speed trains and broadcasting equipment...