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PROFESSOR MOSCHITTA is best at using examples to bring theory home to students. He illustrates survival of the fittest with the evolution of tougher puff balls; he shows supply and demand with the "boom or bust beet/brussel sprout market...
...perfect summer drink," says a Manhattan convert. The concoction -- one part fresh peach juice, two parts champagne -- is Cipriani pride: Giuseppe, Harry's father and founder of the Venetian bar, invented it. But now it is putting down U.S. roots. BELLINI AND BRUNCH signs sprout each weekend at see-and-be-seen spots around the land. And a home mix, stirred up by Champagne Editions, is on the market nationwide. Peachy...
Though television antennas sprout in even the smallest villages, the country has only two TV channels. Apart from morning shows for children, the broadcast day usually begins at 2 p.m. with readings from the Koran. The rest of the fare includes foreign-language classes, American science programs of 1950s vintage and news programs in Farsi, Arabic and English, a feature designed to spread Iranian views to the gulf states. The Iranians can even watch quiz shows; one favorite involves teams of players racing to complete a crossword puzzle. Live and televised soccer matches draw large audiences, which watch the four...
...Normandy in June and July of 1944. Some 300,000 German prisoners were shipped to camps in the U.S. during the war, and most of those who were able-bodied were trucked each day to work on nearby farms. Agriculture in New Hampshire produces little but rocks, and those sprout without help. The work to be done at Stark was up in the steep, wooded hills, cutting pulpwood for the Brown Paper...
...rebound began almost five years ago, when stores specializing in classic and current comics started to sprout in shopping centers. Today there are about 4,000 such dealers, who account for 50% of U.S. comic-book sales. As always, success has inspired imitators. B. Dalton and Waldenbooks have begun carrying comics in most of their 1,753 bookstores. Supermarkets, which account for about 35% of magazine sales, still resist the trend, on the ground that comic books attract loitering youths. Nonetheless, the Waldbaum, Pathmark and Safeway chains have decided that Archie Comics are clean-cut enough to be displayed...