Word: bengal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kissinger also discussed the question of food aid to India. Mrs. Gandhi refuses to acknowledge publicly that thousands of people have died of starvation in the states of Bihar and West Bengal (see SPECIAL SECTION). The Prime Minister, having proudly proclaimed her country's self-sufficiency after a record harvest in 1971, was reluctant to accept any aid that made India seem to be on the American dole again...
Every generation in medieval Europe suffered famine. The poor ate cats, dogs and the droppings of birds; some starving mothers ate their children. In the 20th century, periods of extreme hunger drove Soviet citizens to cannibalism, and as late as 1943, floods destroyed so much of Bengal's crops that deaths from starvation reached the millions...
Lack of Concern. Shitala's scourge has been particularly felt in the states of Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Assam. Yet no where has the goddess lashed harder than in Bihar. With 70,393 reported cases, that state accounts for 60% of the world's current total of known smallpox victims...
...kingdom. It was because of the Chinese shadow, in fact, that the King's father began to modernize Bhutan and bring it closer to India, which advises the tiny country on its foreign affairs and trains its army. Roads to India's West Bengal State were carved through mountains and jungles, and in 1968 the first airstrip was laid down, a step that immediately cut travel time from West Bengal to Bhutan from five dangerous and uncomfortable days to 30 minutes. The late King also freed some 5,000 slaves in 1956 and built schools and hospitals...
Harvard executed well but failed to dent the nets consistently. Pinpoint passing was not enough to surpass the efforts of the aggressive Bengal offense. Starting Princeton goalie Bill Cronin also turned in a fine performance...