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...Percentage increase in defense spending in the second quarter, the fastest rise since 1951, during the Korean...
That's because Congress lost interest in conservation and failed to keep the pressure on the car companies. Lawmakers refused to set new mileage goals. Worse, they excluded from the existing requirements light trucks and SUVs, the fastest-selling vehicles and the ones that use the most gasoline. Contributing even more to the trend, they extended an extraordinary tax benefit to the gas guzzlers, so drivers who used a vehicle for work could write off the cost on their tax returns--even as much as $38,200 toward a new Hummer H2 that gets only 10 m.p.g. As might...
...pitch a tent, and we didn't," says Richard Hansen, 75, who with wife Shirley attended the Hulbert Outdoor Center's Elderhostel canoeing program last year. "He was also the captain of the canoe. He taught us how to do things, and we weren't always the fastest learners. But the experience was wonderful...
...Evolution), by Jeremiah's Pick Coffee, is the first "functional" coffee to reach the market. Functional foods, or nutraceuticals, as they are sometimes called, are ordinary products (sodas, cereals, soups and even chewing gum) that have been fortified with extra vitamins, herbs or minerals. They are one of the fastest-growing areas of the food industry. From relative obscurity a decade ago these foods have gone to a $50 billion business today, according to Nutrition Business Journal. The jury is still out on whether these fortified foods are actually more healthful than their ordinary equivalents. Legally, functional foods...
ANTS Native ants are the fastest-growing household pests, report experts from Orkin and Terminix. Imported fire ants have spread well beyond what was predicted when the stinging insects were accidentally introduced into the southern U.S. decades...