Word: feed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...beneath the jargon and gossip, a serious as well as topical undercurrent can be felt. Should animals be killed to feed humans? In the long run, is the consumption of 10 Ibs. of grain to produce 1 Ib. of beef an equitable or sensible ratio? Is the meatless meal a fashion, an ideal or a specter? These were once the narrow concerns of Victorian freethinkers like George Bernard Shaw or of pop nutritionists like Adelle Davis. But suddenly, in many societies, the question of a high-protein vegetable diet has be come literally a matter of life and death...
...Jordan people are no more isolated than they choose to be. There is always an "inflow of guests." You says, and the co-ops have an arrangement with House kitchens whereby they get one meal in a House each time they feed a Harvard guest...
...keep their allies (and themselves) in military balance. Still, for realists as well as moralists, the situation is ominous. Is it wise or right to sell arms so lavishly to old and new antagonists? On another level, is it right for a world community unable to feed all its people to spend so much wealth on weapons...
...system (AWACS). Literally a command post in the sky, each plane will cost $111 million-the most expensive plane ever built by the Air Force. Packed with computers, radars and jamming gear, the AW ACS will be able to spot far-off targets, including very low-flying planes, and feed instructions to wide-ranging U.S. combat aircraft. Over the English Channel recently, a prototype plane was able to direct an entire simulated NATO battlefront, even while it was keeping an eye on aerial movements in East European and Russian airspace as far away as Moscow...
...southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee like a biblical plague. In addition to Fort Campbell's flock of 5 million, there were almost 10 million birds at the military arsenal in nearby Milan, Tenn.. and another 1.5 million in the town of Paducah, Ky. The blackbirds battened on feed meant for livestock, and their droppings might spread histoplasmosis, a lung disease. Before retaliating, the Army issued an environmental statement, and defeated court suits brought by two humane societies (TIME, Feb. 24). Then the battle began...