Word: barrens
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...want to help transform some barren area into fertile land, and reduce the difference between the city and the countryside," said the one who'd put up the poster...
...first things that meet the eye when one drives from Boston into Kendall Square are the new office buildings and the well-manicured shrubs on the traffic circle spelling "Welcome to Cambridge." Immediately behind this facade, however, are a few lonely old buildings and acres of barren, weed-filled ground that have been the object of a broiling ten-year controversy which still has no end in sight...
Kendall Square's 24 barren acres are an unfortunate byproduct of this truce, and it will take many months of angry fighting over bids from developers, zoning changes, and environmental studies on housing and industry before the heart of Cambridge can start beating again...
...Sahel, the rains last June broke a six-year drought, but the area's 25 million inhabitants are not yet out of danger. Ten million people still suffer from malnutrition and will need outside aid for at least two years. "Of the estimated 4 million refugees in grim, barren camps," reports TIME Correspondent Lee Griggs, "many are young children, their bodies already so malnourished that they are easy prey to diseases ranging from measles to meningitis to pneumonia. Often they find it too difficult to eat or drink with out assistance." At least 3 million nomads-mostly Fulani...
Thirty years ago the Indians in St. Augustine didn't use the Hudson's Bay Store across the river, and consequently didn't care when the freight boat came or didn't come. Although unable to cultivate the barren land, they lived on moose, caribou, bear, beaver and small game which they hunted in winter. And when the river thawed in late May, they would fish for trout and salmon in its swollen waters. Today they keep themselves alive on beer, potatoes, bread and candy bars bought with bi-monthly welfare checks. In spite of a special concession from...