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...Cagliari (pop. 100,000). The 100,000 villagers now living in the area may see their present $10-an-acre annual yield multiply eightfold, and the whole level of Sardinian farmers' life should rise to levels undreamed of in the old days when most scratched out a lean living by herding (or stealing) sheep in the mountains by winter, hoeing a few acres in summer in the lowlands. After 20 centuries, Sardinia may once again win a name as Rome's granary. Already the fund's crewcut, sports-jacketed young Italian engineers are saying that after...
Even though he figured to be beaten, lean Jim Bailey, 26, spent a nervous night, and scarcely slept. Calm and confident, Landy, 26, took it easy, loafed through a set of practice miles early on the morning of the race. He got to Los Angeles' vast Coliseum ready to go. Bailey was bushed, and, it seemed, past caring. He stared moodily at the crowd, had a tough time working up to racing pitch...
...gait, have to be milked out to prevent caked udder, or drop its calf one hour after the 42-day calving period, it is yanked out and sold for slaughter. The same end awaits a bull that has trouble at stud or a calf that is wild or too lean. Unlike many breeders, Lasater cares nothing about how the cow looks. Says Lasater: "Any breeder who gives his cows a second chance just doesn't give himself an even break. Survival of the fittest goes all the way here." Although most ranchmen frown on breeding without regard to general...
Second Choice. In Phoenix, Ariz. last May, 491 housewives were given a selection of identical cuts of lean, bright, red, nonaged beef in good and commercial grades and of choice beef-marbled, dark red and well-aged. Without price tags or grade stamps to guide them, more than two-thirds picked the poorer beef. Though such tests cause cowmen to snort contemptuously about women shoppers and "supermarket cattle," they have also caused them to worry. If women shoppers prefer the poorer grades that look fresher and leaner, then cattlemen will breed lean meat...
Jackets are fitted and bloused, fitted and fastened in back, or lean and straight. Above-the-waist jackets feature the new Directoire bustline. Many dresses effect the two-piece look and Directoire line by a combination of solid color with pattern...