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...largest unilateral American exercise in the Caribbean, known as Ocean Venture '82, made waves near Cuba and Grenada with 60 ships, including two carrier groups...
INDIA. From the Indian Ocean to the Himalayan foothills, villagers are making offerings of rice and flowers to the rain god Varuna, and schoolchildren begin and end their days by praying for rainfall. But the heavens have rarely responded. In the space of six weeks, 100 of the 8,000 inhabitants of the town of Solankiya died of malnutrition and other drought-related diseases. Even when rain does fall, it comes in the wrong place at the wrong time. A sudden torrential downpour in the western state of Gujarat last week caused raging floods that claimed more than 800 lives...
...consecutive weeks, major sports events an ocean and a world apart stepped ("one leg at a time," as the sportswriters say) into trouser controversies. Early last week, during the final round of the U.S. Open Golf Championship at Oakmont, Pa., Forrest Fezler ducked into a portable comfort station after finishing the 17th hole and emerged to play the last hole historically (also horrendously) in shorts. Last week at Wimbledon, England, where tennis shorts have been customary since 1946, Trey Waltke competed in long white Bill Tilden-like flannels, complete with an old school tie for a sash, until Ivan Lendl...
Manufacturers like the lower production costs. Ocean Spray, the Massachusetts cooperative that produces cranberry and other juices, estimates that its aseptically packaged products cost customers about 10% less than those in cans. Unlike liquids packed in bottles and cans, which must be pasteurized in the container for up to 45 minutes, the contents of aseptic packages are sterilized separately, in under one minute. This not only saves energy costs but also helps preserve flavors. In addition, food distributors do not need to use refrigerated trucks and warehouses to protect milk or juices...
...select a sound or image that appeals to them personally. One of his Jewish patients focuses on the word shalom; a Greek chants "Kyrie eleison " (Lord have mercy upon us); a Catholic recites the prayer "Lord Jesus have mercy "; others evoke the response by listening to soothing tapes of ocean waves. "As long as one can become passively unaware of the outside world," says Benson, "the method is not important...