Word: wheats
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That being the case, I think I'll go into business this summer. Look for me in Harvard Square, selling 100 percent organic bottled dishwater and soaps made of leftover Cream of Wheat. Given the gullibility of Cambridge yuppies, I'll probably make enough to pay off my student loans...
Bazzaz has also found that some types of plants, including corn and sugar cane, stop growing faster earlier than weeds and crops such as wheat and soybeans...
Consequently, higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere mean that corn, which is surrounded by a denser growth of weeds, requires more herbicides. Wheat, however, which is more nitrogen-deficient and slightly less healthy, requires higher doses of fertilizer...
...come when gourmands ordering the blue-plate special at their favorite restaurant will be served . . . a plate. An enterprising Asian manufacturer, the Taiwan Sugu Co., last week launched a line of plates and bowls that not only hold food but are food. Fashioned from wheat, they resemble standard disposable dinnerware right down to a glossy finish. What seems to be the world's first edible table setting could be the ultimate in biodegradability -- if humans don't consume their cutlery and plates, wildlife is likely to finish the job. Introduction in American fast-food restaurants is anticipated in perhaps...
This is without doubt the most wonderful moment of my research," marveled retired engineer Pat Delgado last week, as he stood in a wheat field near Sevenoaks, in the British county of Kent. "No human could have done this...