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...miscarriages and no malformed babies. There were no cases of permanent sterility, and no diseases, including cancer, that could be attributed to the ring. In Yokohama, Dr. Atsumi Ishihama recorded a total of 19,000 women fitted with IUCDS; his choice was a ring made from a spiral of metal or plastic, and with a disk in the center suspended from three points...
...polyethylene spiral, designed by Dr. Lazar C. Margulies of Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital, can be inserted through a straight tube, and carries a threadlike "tail" punctuated with plastic beads...
...vast (118,000 sq. mi.), rugged land is becoming industrialized. However, wood products still account for three-quarters of its exports, and the government has only recently awakened to the fact that the forests have been badly overexploited. Finland's wage-price spiral rises unchecked, largely because of welfare state benefits that are beyond its means. The Finns are such heavy topers that the government wraps every bottle of liquor in a temperance tract. More worrisome for a nation of only 4,500,000 is the legal abortion rate, which has doubled in ten years...
...steel production 100%, aluminum production tenfold, oil production fifteenfold; he built the auto industry from scratch toward its present level of 174,000 units a year, added thousands of miles of roads and the new $600 million inland capital of Brasilia. But he also touched off an inflationary spiral and made many enemies with his damn-the-cost drive. After he left office, rumors of corruption constantly swirled around his administration; so far, however, there has been no proof...
...reason for the spiral is that increasingly affluent Americans, who accounted for more than half of last year's sales, are calling for more and more diamonds. Four-fifths of the U.S. purchases are for engagement rings, the most popular type being stones of about one-half carat that retail for about $250. Styles are shifting: the pear shape and emerald cut are fading in popularity, but sales of the marquise and brilliant cut are sparkling. New York is the richest market (20% to 25% of all U.S. sales), followed by Chicago, Texas and Southern California. Surprisingly, many Americans...