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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...very elementary," said Massachussetts Public Interest Research Group (MASSPIRG) Consumer Program Director Laura Barrett. "If you create a large plant, you will employ many new people, and thus increase the demand for childcare, so you have to help meet that demand...

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: State Legislators Propose Child Care Linkage Bill | 10/27/1987 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Setting A Full Table | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Invasion of The Yellow Pages | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

...Garcia said she does not yet know the means her committee will employ to achieve these goals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge School Dept. Aids Immigrant Families | 9/29/1987 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law According to Bork | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

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