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...assistant turned out to be very sympathetic. She promised that the tank commander would notify me before the grounds crews came to cut or spray the grass, or even if the wind changed direction...
...began breathlessly. "I'm allergic to the stuff you spray on the grass...
...sprayed grass seed on the Quad yesterday, and now I'm sick. I want to know if you are going to spray any more this year." I added a couple of anguished, phlegm-filled hacks for emphasis...
...SCENE LOOKS AS TIMELESS as one from the Odyssey: billowing sails, hulls slicing through salt spray, sunburned crewmen pulling at ropes and squinting into wind. But if the image is classic, the men competing in the America's Cup final this week know victory will owe more to expensive high-tech wizardry than to the art of ancient mariners. "National technology is at the heart of the competition," says John Marshall, boatbuilder and head of the Partnership for America's Cup Technology. "It's been a technology contest since 1851." That year a newly designed schooner called America launched...
...spray being used is not expected to hurt people, mammals or birds. It consists of naturally occurring bacteria that are lethal only to caterpillars. Some environmental groups and residents have opposed the program because the spray will eliminate butterflies and other insects as well. But officials of the state agriculture departments believe the indigenous species will quickly regenerate...