Word: plasticizers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...they "walked on two legs." For all its advances, Chinese agriculture is still strikingly labor- intensive; the backbreaking practice of hand planting is almost universal. Yet China is now using modern chemical fertilizers in addition to time-honored natural ones. More and more acreage is being covered by transparent plastic sheeting that warms the soil, conserves water and guards against bad weather. Veterinarians use the ancient technique of acupuncture, but increasingly they work with laser beams instead of needles...
...second option is purchasing an adhesive plastic cover--once again available at the Coop--and sticking it to the front of the i.d. on top of the new label...
...friend met his Waterloo. He valiantly tried to cut out a rectangle in the plastic used for the second lamination so that the "Harvard 1987-88" validation sticker would not be covered up. But his hand slipped and his' razor blade wasn't sharp enough...
Step Four: Peel open i.d. He started from the bottom edge and pulled the pieces far enough apart to reveal the sticker. A razor blade was perfect for scraping the old label off the card and the clear plastic cover...
John Alexander, manager of Houlihan's in Long Beach, Calif., notes that clients collect the plastic creatures and "often hang them from their glasses or from their ears." Why so? Possibly the desperate need for new conversational gambits in singles bars. "What kind of a dinosaur is that?" sure beats "What's your sign...