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...Mason's current calculations is $200 million-the amount that Union Carbide intends to borrow from insurance companies over the next two years to finance capital improvements. To determine how the funds will be spent, Mason last year put aside his paper work, traveled 40,000 miles to inspect some of Carbide's plants in 26 countries; this year, so far, he has made a tour of India to scrutinize operations there. As improvements are completed, Mason intends to make Carbide more and more a marketer of profitable consumer products rather than just a vast supplier to industrial...
When the sun has set, the guardian ants come out of the burrow and climb into the bush. They inspect every twig and leaf, looking for marauders, especially the fierce, predatory ants that infest the pinewoods and would quickly slaughter the caterpillars. When Ross put spiders or beetles on the bushes, the protecting ants found them at once and quickly dragged them away. About 7:30 p.m., the caterpillar is let out of its burrow. Shepherded by the carpenter ants, it climbs to the topmost leaves of the bush and starts feeding greedily. The ants climb aboard and drink...
...Health Services, said at least 40 instances of severe diarrhea in the House have been reported. He has distributed questionnaires asking students to specify exactly what they ate on Saturday and Sunday and to describe their symptoms. After compiling this information, Krabek said the Health Services will inspect food quality, cooking utensils and other possible causes of the outbreak...
...Soon after I took office, the paint began to drip from the license plates," he said. The scandal had developed from the failure of officials to inspect the paint they were receiving, "and I couldn't believe our government was being operated that...
...errand there, find out how bosses talk to office boys ("Will power works miracles!"), pick up some wisdom at the water cooler ("Never trust a man with two nostrils"), peer into his first pay envelope, start a little office romance (Loredana Detto), survive a big office party, inspect a dozen dismal, petty employees who function as industrial implements but do not live...