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...third less than the U.S. industry's average, this modern plant has produced a ton of steel. It is one of the most efficient mills in the world, but this one is not owned by the West Germans or Japanese. This is the Gary flagship of USX, the largest U.S. steel producer. And its success is no fluke. Twelve miles down the road, in Burns Harbor, Bethlehem Steel operates a mill that is every bit as competitive...
...globe, and you, our readers, who are often illuminated, amused or just plain alarmed enough by a TIME story to write us. A case in point: our issue naming the endangered earth Planet of the Year. As of last week, the story has drawn 1,687 letters, the largest outpouring of mail for a Man of the Year issue since TIME selected the Ayatullah Khomeini...
...nozzle will not work until a sensor registers the presence of a seat upon the seat. The fruit of a two-year survey of the Japanese anatomy -- in search of the perfect angle for the water nozzle -- the Washlet is being aggressively marketed by its manufacturer, TOTO, Japan's largest maker of toilets. Promise the ads: "Your bottom will like it after three tries...
...director of Harvard's library system, Verba is responsible for maintaining and improving the world's largest private collection of books. And with space running out in Widener and the cost of books rising rapidly, that is no easy task...
...increase was paced by the steepest increase in food prices in a year, the largest rise in energy prices in two years and sharply higher costs in a variety of other categories as well...