Word: reached
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...giving them drugs. More than half the 35 million U.S. cattle sold at market each year had pellets embedded behind their ears that during key growth stages slowly released hormones, including testosterone or progesterone. The drugs can cut 21 days off the time needed for an animal to reach 1,000 lbs. and at the same time promote development of leaner meat. Ranchers say this translates into savings for them (the $1 implant shaves roughly $20 off the feeding bill) and lower prices and less fatty meat for consumers...
...California at Davis have watched customers in more than 40 salad bars and found that the typical awkward design of the stations encourages patrons to use their hands to pick up food. Says Robert Sommer, director of the University's Center for Consumer Research: "Short- waisted customers had to reach to get food. Children had a hard time getting things. And serving utensils did not suit the item they were placed with...
...despite the looming guerrilla menace, the deteriorating state of the economy is the immediate worry of most Peruvians. The country's inflation rate topped 1,720% last year, and could reach an unbelievable 10,000% in 1989. Buying power has dropped 50%; up to two-thirds of the working population is either under- or unemployed. In the capital, bread, rice and sugar are becoming scarce, and powdered milk is unavailable in many neighborhoods...
...thought to be similar to the one detailed in the memo. The British bulletin was also distributed to U.S. airlines, but because the packet of information included a color photograph, it had to be sent by mail. A Pan Am spokeswoman said last week that that warning did not reach the company's London office until...
...brutal wife killing in Indiana shocks a community and raises questions about the limited reach of the American legal system's protective arms...