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...STRATFORD, Conn.--Cuckoldry and castration do not often go hand in hand; but the two are paired in Wycherley's The Country Wife, which the American Shakespeare Theatre has revived this summer. The play has frequently been considered the most indecent one we have--at least until the most recent work of Arrabal...
...STRATFORD, Conn.--Picture this: President Nixon, in the face of rampant corruption and immorality, finds that he can no longer govern. In accordance with the 25th Amendment of the Constitution, he declares himself "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office," and announces his intention of going abroad. Spiro Agnew thus becomes Acting President. Long known as a preacher of puritanism. Agnew starts a major campaign against pornography and prostitution, but eventually is himself drawn into criminal conduct. Nixon meanwhile, instead of skipping the country, takes a leaf from G. Gordon Liddy, dons a disguise, and travels around...
...trough that flushes the refuse to a rendering plant across the street. The refuse is then converted into chicken feed that is recycled into the next generation of broilers, who become unwitting cannibals. This super-streamlined operation, which uses everything from the chicken but the cluck, is run by Stratford of Texas Inc., a company less than four years old. Chief Executive Officer Robert Gow formed it in order to apply the computerized principles of industrial engineering to the task of pleasing a nation of hungry consumers...
...agriculture is called upon to save the dollar is already here," he says. "Just as Japan may be able to make barbed wire, nails and transistors more cheaply than we can, the U.S. can produce broilers and beef more cheaply and ship them all over the world." Thus far, Stratford's three basic operational areas are cattle, chickens and potted plants, and Gow organizes each division down to the last moo, cluck and root. Centralized production is one principle: the cattle operation is typical. Stratford's three yards are concentrated within a 30-mile radius, in keeping with...
...Stratford's progress is reflected in its figures: last year profits were $3,400,000. The company's revenues rose from $27.8 million in 1969 to $78.8 million in 1972. The year 1971, however, was bad: though sales rose to $60.3 million, from $37.5 million in 1970, the company showed a loss of $4,000,000. Gow explains that although only a small fraction of Stratford's income stems from oil, a blowout in one of its natural gas wells cost the company $6,000,000. The company's stock sells these days at about...