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...persuade the farmers to leave, he was spat upon and called a "traitor" and an "Egyptian agent." After Cairo turned down a last-minute Israeli request to let the farmers continue cultivating the field, unarmed Israeli soldiers tried to evict the settlers. They were met with flaming torches, chemical spray and a barrage of stones and vegetables...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: First Harvest of a Peace Treaty | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...some 300 million years, the cockroach has survived the ravages of nature and, lately, the best efforts of man to squash it, spray it or bug-bomb it into extinction. Some 3,600 species of the hardy creature thrive in a variety of habitats all over the world. Now one of the most common species in the U.S., Periplaneta americana, or the American cockroach,* may be hit by a blow below the belt: scientists have synthesized periplanone B, a chemical that acts as one of the female roaches' essences d'amour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Sexy Strategy | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

Unfortunately, no amount of synthetic periplanone B is apt to stimulate an entire roach species into extinction. As rueful scientists have found in using pesticides, a few hardy roaches can usually survive a chemical spray because of some lucky genetic abnormality and will then propagate a new generation of spray-resistant offspring. Declares Entomologist Louis Roth, a pioneer in roach research: "The best we can hope for is to reduce their numbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Sexy Strategy | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

...wall in the wrecked offices, the brigatisti left behind a spray-painted Slogan: TRANSFORM THE FRAUDULENT ELECTIONS INTO A CLASS STRUGGLE. There was little doubt that they intended to keep on raising havoc right through the six-week campaign. Next day Christian Democratic offices and leaders were attacked in Naples, Genoa and Rome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Roman Outrage | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...might be possible to at least prevent people from jogging" soon after workers spray malathon in the Yard, Whitlock said...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Official Seeks Warning of Pesticide Use | 5/2/1979 | See Source »

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