Word: drought
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gandhi, on the other hand, will base her campaign on the fact that the economy is in far better shape than when she took over in 1967, following two years of severe drought. She will also note that her nationalization of India's 14 biggest banks has made it easier for small businessmen and farmers to get loans. "Nobody can say the situation is ideal," she says, "but we are emerging from a very dark period." In pursuing her own brand of moderate socialism, she will seek a constitutional amendment to abolish the maharajahs' privy purses; the Supreme...
Still, Harvard has the material to win, and the Crimson usually rises, or drops, to the level of its opponent. In the end the key may lie with the ability of Joe Cavanagh's senior line to snap out of a scoring drought. In any case, it's a sure bet that Billy Cleary's skating drills on Monday will be a lot more unpleasant than the Cornell crowd if Harvard doesn't bring home a victory...
...goal was Corkery's third of the tournament. His scoring spree broke a five-game drought which he had endured while his linemates were scoring regularly. In picking up the final goal, Corkery managed to do what four other Harvard players had failed to do-beat Bullock on a breakaway...
...during World War II, says Khrushchev, "that Stalin started to be not quite right in the head." Khrushchev, then party boss of the Ukraine, faced an appalling food shortage caused by war damage and a severe drought. Thousands died of starvation, and Khrushchev even began hearing of cannibalism, including one report that a human head and a pair of feet-apparently all that remained after a corpse had been eaten-had been found under a bridge. Yet Stalin refused to provide food-rationing cards or reduce quotas on farm produce that was shipped out of the Ukraine. "He would...
...This is the worst time in five years." Daniel J. Gow, foreman of grounds, said. He attributed the high mortality rate this year to a drought four years ago which weakened the 75 to 80-year-old trees, making them susceptible to the disease...