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...Denver 104, Buffalo 95 Grapefruit League: Sox 6, Mets...
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...labeled according to specifications laid down by Jewel. The difference is that unlike the major brands, which usually demand top-grade foodstuffs, the generic products are the cheaper, "standard" quality goods. Thus the green peas are more pebble-sized than petit, the rice is not always whole grain, grapefruit sections are broken and peanut butter contains specks of peanut skins...
...addition to this potential for ecological and human devastation, the problem of nuclear weapons proliferation must be considered: atoms for peace means atoms for war. Reactor fuel and waste can both be used to produce nuclear bombs. Only 17 pounds of plutonium, about the size of a grapefruit, is needed for an atomic device. As the nuclear industry expands, therefore, it increases the risks of nuclear war by making bomb-potential material available to countries with "peaceful" reactors, many of which, including India, Israel, Egypt, South Africa and Brazil, have not signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty...
...Haiti, whereas Spalding made the balls domestically and shipped them to Haiti-where labor is cheaper-to be stitched. One theory is that the extra trip made Spalding's balls softer; they suffered from jet sag. Absurd? Sure. But what else is there to talk about on Grapefruit League buses? Tax shelters...