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...they are building corn mountains on the ground in a desperate rush against nature's inexorable deadlines. Melvin Bell of Deer Creek stands these days and watches as his old corn is sprayed in a giant stream 40 ft. into the air to shower down and create another glowing peak that can be seen for miles across the tableland. "They say McDonald's has the Golden Arches," he chuckles. "We do better." Storing corn outdoors is risky. Bell lays down a sheet of porous polypropylene, adds gravel and lime, concrete containment walls, aeration tubes and fans. When he is finished...
...astronomers then switched from infrared to radio observations, using the twelve-meter radio telescope atop Kitt Peak, Ariz. Reason: infrared radiation gives information on the cloud's overall temperature, but radio waves carry more detailed data on the motion within. Interstellar clouds are made up of dozens of different types of molecules, and each emits radio waves of a specific frequency when heated or otherwise "excited." By tuning their telescope to the right frequency, astronomers monitor the behavior of different molecules and consequently learn more about conditions within the cloud...
...delays for every 1,000 takeoffs or landings. Other laggards include New York's La Guardia (91 delays per 1,000 operations), Boston's Logan (72), New York's Kennedy (71), San Francisco International (62) and Chicago's O'Hare (48). Delays have become so routine during peak travel hours that AT&T advises its executives flying to meetings to allow an extra three hours' traveling time...
...Founder Doug Sheley, 39, who left the company last February. D'Lites outlets were successful in white-collar neighborhoods, but foundered when Sheley situated them in working-class districts, where most fast-food fans remained loyal to Big Macs and Whoppers. D'Lites' stock, after hitting a peak of 15 in 1984, the year it went public, sank last week...
...slide helped drag down LTV too, because the company is a major supplier of oil-drilling and pumping gear, which almost no one wants to buy right now. Last week the number of oil rigs operating in the U.S. reached a postwar record low of 663, compared with a peak...