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...steel, pig iron and cement. It ranks second in the manufacture of aluminum as well as the extraction of gold ?the two metals that respectively symbolize the modern and the primitive strengths of an economy. The Soviet Union's farms produce more barley, cotton fiber, wheat, oats and rye than those of any other country and?an incongruous sweet touch ?more sugar and honey. Huge petroleum reserves, second only to those of Saudi Arabia, have made the country self-sufficient in energy, although that could change by the middle of this decade because of the difficulty in finding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside The U.S.S.R.: A Fortress State in Transition | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

...trip to stardom began, though he did not know it at the time, about two years ago, when Kramer vs. Kramer scouts started looking at nonprofessionals to play the role of Billy, who is really the film's central character. They went to Justin's school in Rye, a suburb of New York City, to look around, and that night his principal called to say they wanted him to audition in Manhattan. "I wasn't so excited," he says, "but I went anyway. There were 200 of us in the first tryout. Mr. Benton called each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Kids a Real Natural | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...CHEMICAL INDUSTRY continues to reap profits from the fumigant carbon tetrachloride--used on corn, wheat, rice, barley, oats, rye, sorghum and even popcorn--even though it is toxic to embryos, livers and kidneys, and may cause mutations, birth defects and cancer...

Author: By Leonard H. Shen, | Title: ...Another Man's Poison | 9/21/1979 | See Source »

...guests cross the broad terrace to the crushed-velvet lawn of bent, meadow and rye grass, they face a crucial decision: to head straight for the green-and-white striped refreshment tent, to claim one of the limited number of tables or to stake out a position along the royals' walkabout route. Two out of three is the best even a sprinter can hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Splendor on the Grass | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

...HAVEN, Ct.--...I wasn't watching the game too much. What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of goodbye. --Holden Caulfield, Catcher in the Rye...

Author: By Bill Scheft, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Yale Scores Five in Second, Nips Icemen, 6-5 | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

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