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...where they were receiving training from U.S. military personnel. They opened fire on civilians including children, pregnant women and students at an agricultural school about two miles outside of this town. In addition, the contras set fire to the machinery, supplies and crops of an adjacent, three-year old potato farm established and run by representatives from the Dutch government. At least $2.5 million worth of damage was caused by this attack--not to mention the many lives lost...
Adams also criticized the government of Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald as a "small-potato republic mimicking its British imperialist masters." Thatcher and FitzGerald, who have been cooperating closely in the fight against I.R.A. terrorism, are scheduled to meet later this month to discuss the continuing problems that plague their mutual border...
Eliot House had the next turn in this game of gridiron hot potato, so on his first play from scrimmage quarterback Brian Hall--who admittedly did not have "a very good passing day"--lofted a bomb into the hands of Andre, who doubled as the Quincy safety. He returned the ball to his own 45, and the Q-House offense took the field with less than a minute left in the half...
Micron Technology of Boise, Idaho, is another near instant success. Founded by Twin Brothers Ward and Joseph Parkinson, the company started in 1981 with a cash infusion from an investment group headed by J.R. Simplot, one of the nation's largest potato processors. The following January Micron began shipping a memory chip that was smaller and more efficient than those produced by other U.S. firms. Sales took off, and the company went public with its stock last summer. Initially offered for $14 each, Micron shares rose as high as $40½ and are now trading for about...
James T. Carlin, now a researcher for Pepsico Inc., fried 312 pounds of potatoes as part of his doctoral thesis in search of the secret that make McDonald's french fries so "special." He isolated and identified more than 400 different flavor compounds in the fries-- 296 of which were for the first time discovered as constituents of potatoes or potato products...