Word: deserting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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WILDCATTING for oil in the Egyptian desert is expected to begin soon. The Egyptian government and Conorada Petroleum Corp...
...time for morning prayers, as the crack Pakistan Mail raced westward across the Sind desert one day last week. In the wooden cars at the front of the train, crowded beyond normal capacity, shivering Moslem passengers balanced precariously on narrow wooden seats to bend their knees in the direction of Mecca. In cars reserved for them, veiled womenfolk nursed babies and tied up bedrolls in anticipation of arrival at Karachi in an hour's time. Pakistan's bearded Foreign Minister Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan made his devotions in the quiet of an air-conditioned carriage...
...Living Desert. Walt Disney's first full-length film of nature in the raw; seldom mild, often cruelly beautiful (TIME...
...Living Desert. Walt Disney's first full-length film of nature in the raw; seldom mild, often cruelly beautiful (TIME...
Under the Senator's critical eyes, the landlocked submarine on the Idaho desert (see cut) made a simulated cruise. For four days it steamed at full speed while the energy in its propeller shaft, was absorbed by a pumplike water brake. Since the "fire" in its reactor used no air, it could have been steaming hundreds of feet under the surface of the sea. If the test had been run with the real Nautilus, she could have cruised submerged from Halifax to Liverpool (2,514 nautical miles) in 96 hours. Average speed (probably conservatively stated): 26 knots...