Word: aridity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nearly seven hours, squadrons of jet fighter-bombers dumped rockets, phosphorus bombs and napalm on the East Bank. They destroyed a guerrilla base, damaged several towns, terrorized Arab refugee tent-camps and knocked out gun emplacements as far inland as Irbid, 20 miles away on Jordan's arid central plateau...
...great deal that wanted altering in lona Station, Ont., the dour, Scot-dominated farming community in which Galbraith grew up. "It was a dreadfully barren existence up there," says his younger sister, Mrs. Catherine Denholm, now a resident of the pleasant town of Elora, Ont. "It was totally arid." William Galbraith, a schoolteacher turned farmer, was a 6-ft. 8-in. giant like his son, but unlike him in other respects. Shy and modest, he nonetheless became a leading light in the local branch of the Liberal Party...
Shriveled Taste Buds. By its own estimates, the bottled-water industry now sells $65 million a year worth of purified water, coolers, cups and allied equipment. About 40% of that business is concentrated in arid Southern California, partly because of the climate and partly because much of the local tap water, though safe enough to drink, would shrivel a mess sergeant's taste buds. The demand is spreading. Mountain Valley Water Co. distributes its green bottles of spring water from Hot Springs, Ark., to 40 states. And to cater to tastes brought home by tourists, President John G. Scott...
...long-range or permanent remedies for the payments deficit. Temporarily effective though it should be, last week's package of controls attacks selected symptoms rather than the fundamental causes. At an unknowable price, it buys extra time for the nation to cope with the real problems: inflation arid the massive federal deficit...
...which Indians have been known to die of respiratory ailments contracted in the chilly mountains. Adee Dodge, a Navajo painter, added a peculiarly Indian note of resignation: "We publicly thank all the dear gods of this world for having caused such a windfall of moisture, much needed in this arid country...