Word: divertible
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...shaky Baathist regime might decide that it could profit from a little external diversion, such as an attack by jet bombers on Israel's main pumping station-which is buried deep underground to guard against such contingencies. But if the Arab nations go ahead with their plans to divert the Jordan's headwaters, Israel has already warned that it would treat any such move as a clear "act of aggression...
Since leaving Cuba, Ray has worked for the Puerto Rican Planning Board, designing low-cost mass housing for rural and suburban areas. He hopes to convince Latin Americans to increase public and private investment in housing and to divert more foreign aid funds to the solution of the problem...
Private enterprise is rather fiercely discouraged in Russia. Nevertheless, a thriving underground capitalism persists. It is carried on by daring entrepreneurs who-often with astounding ease-divert materials from government factories, turn out products in clandestine shops and sell to luxury-starved consumers on the black market. In 1961 Khrushchev decreed death as the penalty for such "economic crimes," and at least 163 accused violators have died before firing squads...
Under consideration are several more expensive ways out, including a 65-mile canal to divert Wellton-Mohawk's salty waters to the Gulf of California...
Though the sessions were secret, the emerging Arab strategy was not. The summit meeting placed on Jordan, Syria and reluctant Lebanon the burden of controlling the headwaters and tributaries of the Jordan River that rise in their territory. By constructing dams and canals, the Arab states can divert the 'flow of the Yarmuk, Banias, Hasbani and Dan rivers, and thereby reduce the water level of the Jordan far below Israel's requirements...