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...supermarkets in late summer. It has 25% less fat and 36% fewer calories than ordinary beef, although the cholesterol content is not significantly lower. Chianina is a descendant of a breed raised in the Chiana Valley of Italy since Roman times. Cooked as directed, the rather pale meat with slightly yellowish fat was virtually tasteless except for slight acidic overtones. Most successful was the steak, pan-grilled and served very rare. What little fat there was in Chianina cuts had an unpleasant waxy aftertaste that marred roasts and stews. In addition, the braised cuts were extremely dense when cooked because...
JAPAN. Despite assurances that winds would carry the radiation past them, the Japanese found fallout last week throughout their country. Slight amounts were detected in sources ranging from Tokyo rainwater to fresh milk. Though the government advised people that no danger existed, demand for powdered milk soared, and some stores ran out of it. "We are not going to drink milk as long as it is contaminated," said one frightened homemaker. Yet most Japanese showed little concern. "There is no sense of a growing crisis here," said Noriaki Hosokawa, 32, a Tokyo importer of windsurfing equipment. "Not a single friend...
...relationship between Harvard and each ROTC unit has since been governed by a contract signed by the University and the particular service concerned. With slight variations, the Army contract of 1966 has served as a prototype for all three branches of the armed forces. Under the terms of the 1966 contract, the Army agreed to staff and fund a Department of Military Science which would offer courses at no cost to Harvard or its students. It also promised to commission successful ROTC graduates, and to pay ROTC cadets a $50 a month allowance...
...want the old man to practice," he says. Corporate setbacks have recently conspired with creaking muscles to limit his time on the courses he builds. It would be an exaggeration to say Jackie had to lead the old man around the National like a blind ward, but just a slight one. Color-blind to begin with (Hart Schaffner and Barbara have dressed him for years), Nicklaus has lost the horizon. He mourns, "I'm missing the pleasure of watching my golf ball finish--I can't see that far anymore." Throughout the tournament, he was forever asking Jackie...
...Good," however, is a slight understatement...