Word: basins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reporting, observing, analyzing-and thinking-about the news. But at times, perhaps more often than the reporters for most other publications, they have a story that leads to real adventure. Such was the case with this week's color-picture story on the vast, wild Amazon River basin...
...reduced infant mortality in some areas as much as 50%, confidently plans to eliminate filariasis in two years and malaria in seven. Last week in Iquitos, Peruvian and Colombian health ministers signed a bilateral pact to eradicate small pox, malaria and yellow fever in ther parts of the Amazon basin...
...other big problems are power and transportation. Brazil's Amazon development board has built or is building plant to boost power by 61,000 kw. It has cut roads into millions of empty acres and most important, has connected the Amazon basin to the rest of Brazil by a 1,363 mile jungle highway from Belém south to the new capital of Brasilia...
Abroad, Ayub has remained firmly pro-Western and a member of CENTO. He is the first leader of Pakistan to make a determined effort to improve relations with India. The problem of the canal waters of the Indus basin is nearing settlement (TIME, June 1). After twelve years of border conflict in Kashmir, an Indian and a Pakistani commission last week concluded talks that may put this problem to rest. Half a year ago, Nehru and most Indians still spoke contemptuously of the "naked military dictatorship" in Pakistan. Today Indians are increasingly aware that social and economic evils still festering...
...sloop trials, the Crimson has a slight edge over Holy Cross, Middlebury, Tufts, and most other entrants, but may have a hard time getting the best of the Coast Guard. The Cadets' drop to fourth place in last Sunday's preliminary on the Charles River Basin augurs well for Crimson success, however...