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...cargo bay, the satellite automatically fired its booster 45 minutes later and began the long 140-hour climb to a permanent "geostationary" parking place 22,300 miles above the equator. Next day, the Challenger crew was scheduled to repeat the performance with a satellite called Palapa B (or Fruit of Effort in Indonesian) that will serve as a communications link for Indonesia's islands...
Until about 15 years ago, Washington State vintners, if they could be called that, were known chiefly for syrupy wines made from fruit and berries. Thus corks popped across the state in October 1974 when a '72 Chateau Ste. Michelle Johannisberg Riesling from Federal Way, Wash., won first place in a blind tasting organized by the Los Angeles Times; it beat out 14 California Johannisberg Rieslings, three German wines and an Australian entry...
...packaging technique, a sort of second cousin to the retort pouch used by campers. Aseptics may change American packaging in the '80s the way plastics replaced many paper and cellophane wrappings in the '60s. In brown bags and school lunch boxes across the U.S., little boxes of fruit juice and other drinks are becoming as commonplace as potato chips and soggy sandwiches. Says Dick Ponte, a vice president of Stop & Shop, a supermarket chain: "We're having trouble keeping them on the shelves...
...help them regain some of the market share they have been steadily losing to other beverages. Dairymen, Inc., an 8,000-member cooperative based in Louisville, is now selling whole and low-fat milk in the new packs, as well as such flavored varieties as chocolate, strawberry, banana and fruit-punch milk. It is also exporting milk in aseptic packages to Nigeria and the Caribbean. Says Larry Johnson, Dairymen's vice president of marketing development: "It's opening up new markets...
...biggest drawback to the new packaging is that it is not strong enough to be used for carbonated beverages because the pressure of carbonic gas would make the containers burst. Nonetheless, the popular new packs have helped spur renewed growth in U.S. consumption of fruit drinks, now rising by 3% to 5% per year...