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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Survival of the Fittest. Financed by a grant from the U.S. Agriculture Department, Plant Pathologist Isaac Wahl began his search for resistant oats in Israel-on the theory that the varieties of wild oats growing there must have built up some sort of immunity. "In the process of evolution over millions of years," he explains, "the survival of the fittest applies to cereal grains...
Much of that business went to France, which has become one of Bulgaria's biggest trade partners in the West. French companies also plan to build a synthetic fiber plant, a cosmetic factory, and an auto-tire factory in Bulgaria; and last month Renault signed a $50 million deal for an auto plant 100 miles east of Sofia. Last April, after Bulgaria and France signed a new agreement that will triple trade between the two countries, French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville visited Sofia and invited Zhivkov to visit France. Zhivkov was happy to oblige...
Down the Middle. The Post's impulse to expand shows no sign of slackening. By 1970 the paper will move into a $25 million plant that will double its present cramped space. After four years of operation, the supplementary news service has not yet shown a profit, but it has been picking up clients at the rate of two a week for the past six months. It now has 170 subscribers and is catching up with the New York Times news service, which has almost 200. Still in the market for new acquisitions after purchasing Newsweek...
...industrial use. "However complicated the operation of a machine may look," he says, "it soon becomes a monotonous routine to a factory worker." Like many another industrial leader, Orlow (pronounced Orlov) figured that boredom was reflected in production figures, so he commissioned 13 painters to produce art for his plant...
...this began six years ago. Now 200 paintings hang in the Zevenaar plant and two newer Turmac factories at Harderwijk in The Netherlands and near Zurich, Switzerland. Last month 31 of the works began a six-week showing at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in the Louvre Palace, which is a pretty good place to hang...