Word: environmental
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According to Postel, Harvard did not fear that its athletic teams would acquire the contagious disease because measles is difficult to contract in the open environment of a sports field. But Harvard took no chances and limited interaction with the Dartmouth teams in order to remove the athletes from the...
The elegantly dressed tailors on London's Savile Row, who cater to customers willing to spend $1,250 for a custom-made suit, at times decide to "take it in a little." But now some fear that their own historic district may soon be subject to alterations that could send...
Environment
In a dusty half-acre potato patch near the tiny (pop. 1,000) farming community of Tulelake, Calif., scientists in canary yellow overalls clambered aboard a tractor last week and began what looked like a workaday farmyard chore. They were planting ordinary potatoes, 2,000 tubers in all, that had...
Despite strong anti-CFC laws in the U.S. and Canada, many countries . continued to allow the compound to be used as a propellant in aerosol products and as a cooling agent in refrigerators, air conditioners and other appliances. Finally, last week representatives of 31 nations, including Britain, West Germany and...