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...less dedicated Guthrie fans, RCA Victor's reissue of the Dust Bowl Ballads is a good sampling, and Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs, Vol. 2 (Folkways) includes some lighter moments like Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy and The Talking Hard-Luck Blues...
...only one kind of antibody. His work confirmed that guinea pigs have at least two kinds, and higher animals have three. They differ not only in size but in the schedules on which they are produced. The heavier antibody particles are formed first, then their production tapers off. The lighter particles do not show up until a few days later, and they are produced in much greater quantity...
...interested in refurbishing classic planes (he owns a Messerschmitt, is currently at work on a Spitfire). Others are hipped on "aerobatics," a term they prefer to "stunt flying," and are busy nostalgically building the nimble biplanes that only one commercial company makes any more. E.A.A. planes are "generally smaller, lighter and more sensitive than the factory-built jobs, and more responsive, which is part of the fun of flying," says St. Louis Chapter President Robert E. Gwinn, 41, an aeronautical engineer...
...what Americans like to drink and how to sell it to them: Hartford's Heublein, Inc. Heublein (pronounced Hue-bline) invented the ready-made cocktail, led the trend to vodka drinking in the U.S., and was among the first to take advantage of the shift to sweeter and lighter alcoholic drinks. The company makes or distributes about 125 different products, ranging from Smirnoff Vodka to Grey-Poupon Mustard and A.I. Steak Sauce. It has just added 25 more products to its line-including Lancers sparkling rose-by buying out the New York importing firm of Vintage Wines...
Through intensive publicity and clever advertising ("It leaves you breathless"), Heublein succeeded with Smirnoff far beyond its hopes. Vodka somehow appealed to youth, seemed lighter and thus less fattening (it isn't), and was so versatile that it could be mixed in anything from a Bloody Mary to a Russian Virgin (vodka with a whisper of Cointreau). It has been the fastest-growing liquor in the U.S. for the past five years and now accounts for 70% of Heublein's total sales; Smirnoff has also become the fourth biggest seller among all liquor brands...