Word: rotted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Average of 6% of pieces, by weight, showing rot...
...scientists inserted the first foreign genes into tobacco and petunias, the "white mice" of the plant world. In the years since, similar work has been done on about 50 species of fruits, vegetables and grains. Calgene, a biotech firm in Davis, Calif., has developed a tomato that does not rot as fast as normal varieties, and hopes to market the new product by 1993. Early this year BioTechnica International of Cambridge, Mass., announced the first genetic alteration of corn, the No. 1 crop...
...Which may explain why Colombians have been reported buying up jewels -- principally diamonds -- in Antwerp, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. U.S. agents don't think these buyers are Christmas shopping. "You can transport millions of dollars' worth of diamonds in your back pocket," says an investigator. Furthermore, diamonds don't rot when stored in the underground caches favored by Colombian dons...
Even if the decree is heeded, however -- and that is a big if -- Gorbachev will still face a major problem: the rot that has infected the 4.5 million- strong Soviet armed forces. It has spread beyond nationalist resentment into the very nature and role of the army itself. Estonia and Lithuania have passed legislation allowing draft-age boys to opt out of military service, and Georgia and Russia may soon follow suit. In this year's spring call-up, the number of outright draft dodgers has grown to an estimated 20,000. In Armenia a mere 7% of draftable boys...
...have been at pains to make clear in recent days. Seizing and trying Noriega reflects two contradictory kinds of American posturing: bullying and faux-naivete (we don't really invade countries; we just enforce the law). If the Panamanians didn't want him, he should have been allowed to rot in the resort of his choice, like other former American friends...