Word: drought
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...announced last week that it will ship 900,000 tons of wheat and sorghum to India, to relieve the agonies of that country's second straight year of drought. The emergency allotment will serve to dispel reports that President Johnson has delayed new food outlays because of a fit of personal pique over Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's speeches against U.S. policy in Viet Nam. It will assure the eastward flow of food along the so-called "bridge of boats" until March and feed millions in the northern state of Bihar and other places where the rice crop...
...almost idle, and at the nearby town of Arzew, heralded as one of Algeria's leading new industrial zones, building sites still lie empty because of the shortage of foreign capital. To add to the misery, farm land in western Algeria has been burned black by the worst drought in a decade, cutting the year's grain supply in half...
Alarmed by a continuing drought that is endangering their crops, citrus growers in southern Israel have asked the government to allocate more water for irrigation. But water is in short supply throughout the country, and the government is not likely to give more than mere sympathy. Nor can the fruit farmers expect much of a break in the weather. Israeli Meteorologist Leo Krown has predicted that through January, local rainfall will be below normal -and the Brooklyn-born scientist speaks with authority. In each of the past 16 years, he reports in the Journal of Applied Meteorology, his new method...
...last several years, by the way, the teams played to a 3-3 tie (1963), Harvard won a 3-0 decision (1964), and Harvard finally broke the touchdown drought against Colmbia last year...
...problem by developing a short, stiff rice plant that may increase the average yield of each crop as much as 800%. Planted in test plots alongside the standard brand, the new rice rises in lush plants that make its old-fashioned cousin look like a victim of drought. Because it can also produce three crops a year instead of the usual one, it has the incredible potential of raising total output as much...