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...negate whatever value it has as a weapon for effective limited counter-force; if the MX is invulnerable, it would be unable to wipe out similarly mobile Soviet missiles and therefore be useless to develop. If, on the other hand, Soviet mobile missiles could be destroyed by accurate, high-yield weapons, then the MX itself would be vulnerable to a first-strike, eliminating its main selling point...
...Chicago Agricultural Economist D. Gale Johnson is concerned that at $3 a bu., the target price for wheat will be "an incentive to expand production. The cost of the program will get so high that it will have to be modified." Others argue that the 20% set aside for wheat will accomplish little, since farmers will withdraw their less productive land and concentrate on planting high-yield acreage. In fact, some Agriculture Department officials project that even a full 20% set-aside program will cut production by no more than 8%. There is also some question as to whether...
GENETIC MANIPULATION. Botanists have succeeded in mixing plant genes to create some remarkable hybrids, such as the winter wheat and high-yield corns that have helped make the U.S. plains a global granary. Other hybrids are also helping to fight famine around the world. Pearl millet, introduced in 1965, is currently being grown on some 45 million acres in India, Pakistan and Africa; it accounts for 20% of the food increase attributed to the so-called "Green Revolution" in agriculture. Scientists are also seeking, through cell manipulation, to improve the characteristics of plants. Biologists at the USDA laboratory at Beltsville...
Located on twelve acres of leased land near Falmouth, the institute focuses most of its attention on a growing scientific concern: that the Green Revolution may be failing. As Todd explains it, the use of pest killers to maintain the revolution's high-yield grains has triggered a vicious cycle: "Soils decline in quality, which in turn makes crops more vulnerable to pests or disease. This creates a need for increasingly large amounts of pesticides and fungicides for agricultural production to be sustained." As a result, says Todd, he shares "the disquieting feeling that we are witnessing the agricultural...
...paying only 6¾% interest and bond rates going soft, investors are turning back to stocks, which, at today's depressed prices, offer both attractive dividends and prospects for hefty capital gains when the economy finally picks up. Beyond IBM, last week's great gainers were the high-yield or interest-sensitive stocks that usually bounce back first when money rates come down: utilities, savings and loan associations, insurance companies...