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...production of steel, pig iron and cement. It ranks second in the manufacture of aluminum as well as the extraction of gold ?the two metals that respectively symbolize the modern and the primitive strengths of an economy. The Soviet Union's farms produce more barley, cotton fiber, wheat, oats and rye than those of any other country and?an incongruous sweet touch ?more sugar and honey. Huge petroleum reserves, second only to those of Saudi Arabia, have made the country self-sufficient in energy, although that could change by the middle of this decade because of the difficulty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside The U.S.S.R.: A Fortress State in Transition | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

...stop dumping in the lake, the facility did close-though only until May. Then the plant will reopen and begin shipping its wastes by rail and pipeline to a huge inland basin. There the tailings will be deposited and kept covered under 10 ft. of water so that the fiber dust cannot escape. Speaking about his town, Silver Bay's Mayor Robert Kind, an officer in the state highway patrol, says happily: "Now I think we are going to hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Tailings' End | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

...Arnold Langbo, president of the food products division of Kellogg, the industry leader: "Prior to the 1950s it was all family cereals like Corn Flakes. Then came the presweetened cereals like Sugar Smacks, and now we are aiming at a more mature market." Nine new cereals-mostly high in fiber and relatively low in fat and calories-aimed primarily at consenting adults are now being launched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Food in the A.M. | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

...1970s back-to-nature movement faded once it became known that they were heavy in fat and sugar and poor in nutrition. The naturals' market has shrunk from 10% in 1974 to the current 3%. Fortified bran-based cereals, helped by studies showing the health benefits of high-fiber diets, have replaced the natural products. Quaker Oats' Corn Bran is now one of the hottest new cereals on the shelf, while Ralston's Honey Bran and Kellogg's Most have also appeared in the past year. To hit even smaller segments of an increasingly fragmented market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Food in the A.M. | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

...done under a local anesthetic. Doctors scan the woman with pulsed sound waves to locate the fetus, the umbilical cord and the placenta. After making a small incision in the abdomen, they insert into the uterus and the amniotic sac a pencil-lead-thin tube containing an endoscope with fiber-optic bundles that transmit light. This enables the physicians to see tiny areas of the fetus. By inserting biopsy forceps into the tube, doctors can take a 1-mm (.04 in.) skin sample from the fetus. They prefer to excise it from the head, where there are no major blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Testing Fetuses | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

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