People spent more on discretionary items such as jewelry, books and electronics, than on "blue jeans and coffeemakers, " according to the report.

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At first Amgen tried using genetic engineering to create organisms that would extract oil from shale, man-made proteins that would make chickens grow faster and new specialty chemicals such as a cloned indigo, a substitute for the natural dye used to color blue jeans.

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