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...wine is still aged, bubbled in the course of a second fermentation in the bottle just as Benedictine Monk Dom Perignon did it in the 17th century. But large champagne companies have now air-conditioned their fermentation rooms, automated their packing lines and replaced wooden vats with 500-gallon, glass-lined tanks. They have also begun to sell their wine in French food shops, where the return is greater than it would be from sales overseas. "We were shy about selling in French supermarkets and épiceries," says Mumm Executive Jean Couvreur, "but we find that it doesn...
...construction of a dam to keep the sea water out and to transform the Charles into an entirely fresh water river. In 1908, the Charles River Dam was built near the present site of the Museum of Science, and the eight-and-a-half mile long, 300 million gallon capacity Charles River Basin was created. The fresh water basin could have absorbed and treated "naturally" the storm water overflow sewage...
...retaliation against Britain. British, American and Canadian airlifts are bringing in oil from ports on both the Atlantic and Indian oceans, while trains, trucks, lake boats and barges are hauling it in from as far away as Dar es Salaam (transportation costs run as high as $3.50 per gallon). Last week negotiations were under way for yet another airlift-this one from Mozambique, whose Portuguese rulers may sympathize with Prime Minister Ian Smith and his white rebels but who long ago learned to cover their bets. Said an official of the last major colonialist power in Africa: "Portugal will pursue...
Inborn Defects. The first suggestion that finger and palm prints might be associated with disease came only 30 years ago, almost half a century after Sir Francis Gallon linked them with genetics, and helped to lay the foundations of a science now called dermatoglyphics. Dr. Harold Cummins of Tulane University noted a distinctive pattern in victims of mongolism (Down's syndrome). Another Tulane team, led by Dr. Alfred R. Hale, showed that many patients with inborn heart defects had palm-ridge abnormalities, whereas those with heart disease or disorders acquired after birth usually had normal prints...
...effective." He could point to the fact that British sanctions have already cut Rhodesia's main exports 90% -including sugar, tobacco, copper, chrome, steel and meat. American importers are boycotting Rhodesian asbestos and lithium; Japan banned Rhodesian iron imports starting April 1. Even with strict gasoline rationing (one gallon a week for small cars, two gallons for large cars), the country has only an eight-to twelve-week supply left, and a few patriotic businessmen have opened a quasi-comic drive to switch from horsepower to donkeys...