Word: plants
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slipped across the border. The USDA employs 1,000 inspectors at 85 ports of entry nationwide. At J.F.K. ten officials examine as many as 2,000 crates of flowers, vegetables, seeds and cuttings every day and pass any pests they find to an insect identifier, a botanist and a plant pathologist for cataloging. An additional 60 inspectors are assigned to the airport's five international- arrivals areas, where they watch for illegal agricultural material in the bags of passengers filing through Customs. But increased travel and shipping have strained these resources. In the past decade the number of passengers entering...
...which is expected to produce about 8.7 million cars this year. At a time when American auto firms are fighting hard to regain ground lost earlier to Japanese and other foreign manufacturers, Honda has established a strong U.S. foothold with its shrewd decision in 1977 to build an assembly plant in Marysville, Ohio. Honda's expansion is also a sign that Japanese manufacturers are gearing up their competitive engines to maintain and enlarge their market share...
...little as $2,150 (current base price: $5,749). The company soon broadened its demographic appeal by introducing the larger, upscale Accord (currently $9,389) in 1976 and the Prelude ($11,592) in 1979. Intense demand for the cars prompted Honda's serendipitous decision to construct its pioneering Ohio plant, a complex now capable of producing 220,000 autos annually. The factory, built alongside a Honda motorcycle plant, began producing autos in 1982, just a year after Japan agreed to accept voluntary quotas on its auto exports to the U.S. The ceiling has been gradually lifted, from 1.68 million vehicles...
...physical plant and student population expanded, as did Harvard's reputation. "I've never gone anywhere I didn't find people with a great admiration and gratitude for Harvard and the things it has done," he says...
...level bureaucrats now deal with a host of University problems including Harvard's stance on its South African-related investments, planting grass in the Yard, and even managing a power plant...