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...fruit country--an Eden of tart berries and sweet cherries...
Trichloroethane is widely used as a cleanser in microchip manufacturing. Unfortunately, it also attacks the planet's ozone layer, so chipmakers are looking for a substitute. Now AT&T may have one in N-butyl butyrate, a chemical found in, of all things, cantaloupes, peaches and plums. In fruit, it contributes to overall flavor; in the atmosphere, it should help reduce mankind's siege of the ozone layer, in turn relieving the onslaught of cancer- and cataract-causing ultraviolet light...
Park says the squirrels occasionally eat from his hand, feeding on fruit, bits of bread or "things you stuff in your pocket from the Union." Park hopes the Yard will attract more squirrels, citing feeding's therapeutic effects...
Although some non-U.S. companies surely do evade American taxes, the IRS's previous efforts to crack down on violators have borne relatively little fruit. Earlier this month the Japanese electronics giant Matsushita, which sells products in the U.S. under the Panasonic and Quasar brand names, reached an agreement with the IRS to pay a settlement in that kind of dispute. The amount was a mere $4.8 million. At least 47 Japanese companies in the U.S. have been involved in similar cases within the past five years. Many such companies are now taking Matsushita's accommodating approach, which will...
Take the Harvard Fruit Company. Joke all you want about how everyone at Harvard is bananas--fruit still doesn't fit in with books and scholars...