Word: airings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...because of an agreement made between his father, Don Juan, and Franco that called for the young Prince to be educated in Spain. Under Franco's personal supervision, Juan Carlos underwent intensive schooling in military and political arts. He holds the ranks of captain in the army and air force and the equivalent grade of full lieutenant in the navy. He is a jet-fighter and helicopter pilot, an Olympic yachtsman, an accomplished horseman and a black-belt karate expert. He is fluent in five languages (Spanish, French, English, Italian and Portuguese) and conversant in Greek and German...
...Phouma permitted American bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail in eastern Laos, but allowed no major allied ground forays. Warfare Laotian-style also developed seasonal cycles. The Communists struck during the dry season, phasing their offensives out just be fore the rains came. The government, because of greater air mobility, usually managed to regain during the rainy sea son what it had lost in the dry months...
Last week the Senate subcommittee on air and water pollution approved a bill sponsored by Maine Democrat Edmund Muskie that would set up an in dependent "Office of Environmental Quality." The Senate has also just unanimously passed a remarkable bill in troduced by Washington Democrat Henry ("Scoop") Jackson, chairman of the Interior Committee. A shrewd politician, Jackson finessed his bill through on the consent calendar, which bypasses floor debate. His "National Environmental Policy Act of 1969" would do no less than...
...control projects. With the right management, we might graze a cow on half the land it takes now. Maybe we can improve on the time it takes to grow and harvest forests. Maybe we should conserve natural beauty not just for viewing but for putting oxygen back into the air and all the necessary things a green belt...
...utter chaos. But Government must move faster to enlighten and encourage industry to keep the problems of the environment uppermost in their minds. I think that responsible business management is trying to keep the problem of environment uppermost, especially in new developments. The Government should encourage measures to prevent air and water pollution through tax incentives or just by showing how a good environment helps make money. This is something I really believe in. Take a factory that's sitting in greenery. It's clean. Its people are happy. They'll make more money than...