Word: creditably
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dwindling water resources, to reseed the millions of remaining acres of Great Plains grazing land that are ready to blow. At trip's end, addressing a special drought conference at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Ike promised to ask Congress for $76 million for emergency drought relief (credit for farmers and ranchers, feed for cattle, funds to slow erosion), promised that the Federal Government would be a "willing partner" with local and state authorities "in solving this problem, which I assure you we will solve...
...Architects. Two dedicated men deserve most of the credit for the Common Market scheme. The idea was born to France's Europe-minded planner, Jean Monnet, who keeps a model of the Kon-Tiki on his desk as a symbol of those who take brave risks to prove an idea in the face of skepticism and indifference. The other man is NATO's newly chosen Secretary-General, Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium, who has presided over the interminable treaty negotiations in Brussels. One reason why the near completion of the Common Market has burst on Europe...
...with the loss of his hand; public amputations are commonplace (one result: Arabia has probably the lowest crime rate in the world). Social reform comes hard when slavery, sanctioned by Mohammed, still exists, though Saudis protest that slaves are well treated and often freed by owners eager to gain credit with Allah (old Ibn Saud used to release one every Friday after prayer). Tax reform is blocked by the Koran's ban on any personal tax on believers except the Zakaah, a small yearly levy paid to the sheik, who is instructed to use it to support...
Rebirth. With the end of World War II, Catini seemed shattered. Out of 40 fertilizer factories, 30 were damaged or destroyed, others looted by the Nazis. Machines, supplies, power, credit were short or nonexistent. The only surplus was labor; Catini was saddled with 47,000 workers who by law could not be laid off. Carlo Faina, who headed Catini's Rome office, started out to rebuild the company. A cheery aristocrat who differs from Donegani in every respect except drive, he is the scion of a line that once ruled a large slice of Italy (said a medieval couplet...
...this point our assumption expert proceeds to discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can sneak the first assumption past the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a certain amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom...