Word: convertibility
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Noting that the basic cause of farm programs is the U.S. farmer's "enormous capacity to produce," Johnson recommended a long-range plan to remove between 50 million and 80 million acres of land from crop production, convert them to such nonagricultural uses as parks, forests and highway beautification. Such a program, he said, would supplement present acreage diversion and allotment plans, and eventually would more than pay for itself. In the meantime, Administration officials estimated, the plan would cost at least $100 million a year...
...Jewish enough for Israel's Ministry of the Interior. Although Mrs. Eitani's father was a Polish Jew, explains the ministry, her mother was a German Protestant-and according to the Halacha (religious law), a Jew is someone whose mother was Jewish, or a convert to the faith. The ministry demands that she turn in her passport pending the investigation of her citizenship. She has the choice of converting formally to Judaism or becoming a naturalized citizen of Israel...
...ministry's ruling is clearly at variance with the views of Israel's Supreme Court. Three years ago, in ruling against Carmelite Father Daniel, a Catholic convert who applied for citizenship under the Law of Return on grounds of his Jewish birth, the court declared that a Jew is basically anyone the man in the street would consider Jewish. Although Rina qualifies under this rule of thumb, the ministry refuses to back down...
...most common skiing accident is fracture of the ankle or lower leg, and strains at the knee. Dr. Manson therefore reiterates the importance of having good equipment: an efficient safety binding will convert a stress capable of breaking a bone into a simple strain, and a stress capable of producing a strain into nothing but a loosened...
...postal ideas. Now, all of the mail put into the postal system by Time Inc. is ZIP coded. The mailings are presorted by ZIP codes, thus saving the Post Office thousands of dollars each week. You have contributed significantly by encouraging other members of the business community to convert to ZIP coded mailings. Certainly no one has helped us more than Time Inc. in carrying out this mission. It is with a great deal of pride and thanks that I present this award...