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...corn and wheat, most of which is processed and refined to be tastier and more convenient but is less nutritious. They are raising vast herds of cattle whose meat is laden with the fat that makes it taste so good. They are producing milk, butter and cheese by the tankerload, again full of the fat that humans crave...
...past, Otisca was approached by Japanese companies. "The Japanese have a ton of coal/water slurries," says Keller. "They're making it in Tokyo Bay and shipping it by the tankerload to the north islands." So why not sell out to the Japanese? "I'm very interested in having this be an American accomplishment," says Smith. "One of the purposes in my wanting to start a business was to show that the American thing can be done...
...thirsty world. Though 57% of their exported oil goes to Eastern Europe at prices 20% to 30% below OPEC levels, the rest is sold to the West, and in 1976 brought in $4.6 billion, nearly half of the country's foreign earnings. Even the U.S. buys an odd tankerload of Russian...
...come at infrequent intervals, from the remote, gasoline-starved U.S. air bases at Chengtu in China. This time Tokyo was struck from a new and formidable base on Saipan in the Marianas, 1,500 miles from the Japanese capital. At Saipan the high-octane gas comes in by the tankerload. Tokyo could be sure that more and bigger attacks would be made-and on a frequent schedule. If the Japs had any lingering doubt, that was dispelled three days later when a B-29 group roared northward to hit Tokyo again, while an India-based mission of Superforts carried...
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