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...Ruckelshaus put off any decision on the use of EDB on citrus fruits. Only about 2% of citrus fruits consumed in the U.S. are treated with the chemical. While there are safe alternative pesticides for grain, no entirely safe substitute has been found yet for citrus. Aldicarb, a granular pesticide, is used in Florida but was temporarily banned last year when traces of it were found in water supplies. Still, some experts argue that the hazards of EDB are exaggerated. "Compared with smoking, the danger of eating a few muffins is incredibly low," says Bruce Ames, chairman of the biochemistry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Muffin-Mix Scare | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

Paint, in Bacon's hands, acquires a strict and intimidating richness. Working in fast oval loops of the brush, he can give the skin of his nudes a kind of granular density, a thickness of imagined substance, that is quite old-masterly. The flesh is loose, but it is all structure too; and when the form beneath it slides away, obliterated by a wipe of the rag, Bacon can instantly tighten the image back with one detail - an eye, a patch of spiky hair like hedgehog quills. To a degree few other painters can rival, Bacon convinces you that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Screams in Paint | 4/7/1975 | See Source »

...more about cell structure. He delineated the fine structure of the mitochondria. These are bacteria-like bodies that probably joined the cell early in the evolutionary process and have lived in a symbiotic relationship with it ever since, helping it to "breathe." He also discovered and described the small granular components called ribosomes, which were later found to help manufacture the proteins essential for the proper functioning of the cell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Explorers of the Cell | 10/21/1974 | See Source »

Stratton--Fair to good on lower surfaces, limited skiing on upper slopes. Frozen granular snow with base...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mid-Week Ski Report | 1/24/1973 | See Source »

Sugarbush--Fair conditions with frozen granular snow. Base...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mid-Week Ski Report | 1/24/1973 | See Source »

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