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...Asia and South America. In contrast, the 17-year cicadas are reasonably harmless bugs whose only sins are sucking sap out of trees for nourishment and killing small branches by laying eggs in them. They also mess up lawns with their 2-in.-long bodies. Vulnerable sapling oaks and fruit trees can easily be protected with a covering of cheesecloth. "They're more of a nuisance than anything else," says Douglass Miller, an entomologist with the Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Md. "They do less damage than a good pruning...
...strawberry tests, managed to alienate most of California's Monterey County in 1986 when its closely held plans to test the microbes in that area were uncovered by a local newspaper. While that issue was being debated, Rifkin revealed that AGS scientists had already injected mutant bacteria into fruit and nut trees growing on the roof of their Oakland labs -- a violation of federal and state regulations. AGS was fined $13,000 for its transgression...
...something funny," Dewitt told the fruit of his loins, handing him the listings section of the What? "And if none of those theaters will let you borrow their print, tell them Dewitt sent you. If they still won't let you--well, go live with some other grown...
...George Plimpton Celebrity Challenge Cup Harness Race held recently at the Pompano Harness Track in Pompano Beach, Fla., was just such an event. There was a fruit pudding of celebrities: George Plimpton, the author and New York City bon vivant; George Steinbrenner, the New York Yankees' Teutonic owner; Ken Stabler, the former Oakland Raider quarterback; Steve Mizerak, the world champion pool player; Kim Bokamper, the mammoth Miami Dolphin football star; and Oleg Cassini, the aristocratic little Italian fashion designer. Each one of them put on colorful racing silks designed by Cassini and then climbed into harness sulkies. They guided their...
...addition to providing a unique opportunity for post-doctoral study, Villa I Tatti grows much of its own food, including wine, fruit and olive oil, according to Edward L. Goldberg, an assistant professor of Fine Arts and a former I Tatti fellow. A delicious rissoto with wild mushrooms, often served for lunch, is the specialty of the house, he says...