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...Mini-Micro. Now Walter Heller makes this forecast: real G.N.P. may decline at annual rates of 0.5% this quarter and next, on top of a drop at an annual rate of 0.4% in the last quarter of 1969. An upturn will begin in the second half, fueled by higher Social Security benefits and the scheduled July end to the income surtax. By the fourth quarter, the rebound will have "visible means of support." Dollar G.N.P. for 1970 will run between $980 billion and $985 billion, about $5 billion below the most common forecast of board members last December, but just...
...delighted with the article about micro-encapsulation [Jan. 12], but chagrined that you did not credit IFF, the exclusive NCR licensee in the field of flavors and fragrances...
...College Hospital in London. There, Obstetrician Gilbert M. Filshie worked with Dr. S.M.M. Karim, a biochemist, to select a prostaglandin that would induce an abortion early in pregnancy, yet produce a minimum of side effects, such as altering the blood pressure. They devised a solution containing 50 micro-grams of PG F2 alpha per milliliter, and infused it into the veins of 15 women who were from nine to 22 weeks pregnant. The amount was tiny: only one milliliter (one-fifth of a teaspoonful) per minute. The infusion was continued until uterine contractions brought about a complete abortion...
...tried in newspapers in the '50s, but the fragrance dissipated too rapidly. The present process is supplied by only two companies, National Cash Register and Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing, and the competition between them has spread from the marketplace to the courts. NCR, which claims that it developed the micro method first, has filed a patent-infringement suit against 3M. Minnesota Mining extracts a product's aromatic oils to duplicate the product's scent. The essences are enclosed in microscopic plastic bubbles, a million to a square inch. The capsules are coated on a paper strip, which...
...developed about 100 aromas, including those of bananas and bourbon, dill pickles and roses, pine trees and orange juice. Officials at 3M and NCR envision a multimillion-dollar market for their process. For example, both companies are already studying the possibilities of attaching micro-fragrance strips to packages and cans of food. If the idea catches on, food shopping could become a nasal adventure...