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...typical LED display, such as those made by RCA, Monsanto or General Electric, each digit is formed of seven separately wired segments on a single base plate (see diagram). Reminiscent of matchsticks laid out for a parlor game, the segments are so arranged that they can form any digit from 0 to 9. The trick is to send an electric current into the proper combination of segments to form the required number...
...class was also a welcome contrast to the regular diversions of newspapers, pinochle and the bar car. "I'd normally be standing in the gin mill four cars forward," said John Bunbury of Monsanto. "The socializing and the standing keep you awake so that you don't miss your stop." As the conductor announced Huntington, no one seemed to have minded skipping his drink. The train was on time-something of a rarity in itself-but delays along the line would not necessarily be bad. They would simply allow more time for learning the Principles of Marketing...
...nation's major pollutants after they put the finger on substances like DDT, mercury, lead and phosphates. Now an important newcomer has cropped up in the form of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), colorless, odorless, syrupy chemicals that are manufactured in the U.S. under the trade name Aroclor by the Monsanto Co. Until recently, PCBs were used in industry in many ways, for instance as softeners in plastics, paints and rubber, as additives in printing inks and papers. Although they are now used primarily as agents in heat exchangers, there is growing evidence that alarming quantities of PCBs have found their...
...cause liver damage in mice and disrupt the calcium metabolism of birds, which then lay thin-shelled eggs. Alarmed by the findings, Ryan delivered a House speech on PCBs. The Department of Agriculture responded by halting the use of PCBs-but only in pesticides. Then, despite complaints from customers, Monsanto announced that, as of September 1970, it would stop sales of PCBs except for "absolutely essential" use in electrical equipment...
...most advanced technology, American Viscose signed a licensing agreement with Pirelli, the Italian tiremaker, which has long used steel wire in its radials. Firestone has begun using steel in some of its bias-belted tires, and this year opened a plant in France to provide the necessary wire. Monsanto Co. has developed a quick and cheap process for spinning continuous strands of steel wire. The company estimates that production of the wire could reach 200 million Ibs. a year...