Word: excreta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...export shiploads because of the objections of a single trade organization, whose members included large exporting companies. In addition, the report said grain inspectors often failed to notify the Food and Drug Administration of "deleterious substances" in grain destined for human consumption. Among them: poisonous mercury-treated kernels, rodent excreta and insect-damaged kernels. The report further charged that elevator operators were allowed to blend as much as 10% off-grade grain into a cargo bound for a foreign country...
...finding a watering hole other than Mory's or being joined by lady listeners. If that weren't enough, the New York City Health Department after diligent inspection listed the mid-Manhattan Yale Club as in violation of the city health code when it discovered mouse excreta on the premises and splinters in its cutting boards. Quipped Yale Alumnus Dick Cavett ('58): "Next thing we'll hear is that the Yale Bowl has a crack...