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...chemotherapy that would destroy the functioning of her ovaries. Such a woman would have the option of putting her healthy eggs on ice for future use. That option might also appeal to, say, a professional woman inclined to postpone childbearing. Theoretically, at least, she could store her best, grade-A eggs during her most fertile years and pull them out of the deep freezer at a later age should she run into trouble conceiving. Not everyone, though, would approve this use of an expensive technology...
...harbor salmonella in their intestines and contaminate eggshells with their droppings, cracked eggs cannot be sold to retail markets. To pass state and federal inspections, intact ones must be washed with disinfectant before they are shipped. Nonetheless, all the food-poisoning cases blamed on eggs were traced to the grade-A variety, which had been washed and inspected for cracks. This finding has led researchers to suggest that the bacteria came from inside the eggs, not from the shells: the hens' ovaries might have been infected, and transmitted salmonella to the egg yolks before the shells were formed. The theory...
...part in May Day demonstrations outside Cracow. Then the State Department struck back by sending four Polish diplomats packing. Last week the Polish government retaliated by cutting off the "Hamburger Specials," flights from Frankfurt that every two months brought in comforts for the U.S. embassy staff, from toothpaste to grade-A ground sirloin, as well as mail and packages from home. The shipments were allowed into Poland without the usual rigorous customs inspection...
Bloom County proved grade-A material for this community's pundits. And for others, it was a good excuse to give us a kick in the pants. But surely everyone concerned would benefit more if, in the future. Harvard minds focused on what even Berke Breathed would probably consider more important issues...
With the law apparently helpless, Dr. Lever Stewart and three colleagues decided to write up the case in the Virginia Medical Monthly, to warn other physicians in the area to be on the lookout for arsenic poisoning. "She's a grade-A psychopath," says Dr. Stewart. Passing the lie detector test was no problem for her, "because to her it would mean nothing...