Word: dwarfs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...several schemes were suggested to keep the water away from Ramses' memorial. One faction wanted to cover the temple with a watertight dome, another to protect it with a curving cofferdam. Both dome and cofferdam could be built, but they would be difficult to maintain and would dwarf the temple. The most attractive scheme, conceived by Italian Archaeologist Piero Gazzola, was to cut the whole temple free of the surrounding rock and lift it with 308 hydraulic jacks to a new place above the water. This daring proposal was accepted by the Egyptian government, which will contribute $10 million...
...those chosen primarily because they can do a specific job. His grades were only fair at Michigan College of Mining and Technology, where he got his degree last week. But he spent a summer helping lay water and gas lines in the Michigan backwoods, used to try to grow dwarf pines and spruces in his' college dorm room, and approaches his possible Tanganyika assignment with awe: "It could be the most important single thing that I'll do in my life...
...Cigars & Dwarf Corn. The talk soon turned tough, but there were still some moments of pleasantry. Once Kennedy lit up a cigar and dropped the match behind Khrushchev's chair. "Are you trying to set me on fire?" the Premier joked. When Kennedy assured him that he had no such idea in mind, Khrushchev answered with a smile: "Ah-a capitalist, not an incendiary." Another time, Khrushchev and Secretary of State Dean Rusk got into a debate on dwarf corn. Khrushchev declared that it could not be grown in quantity. Rusk, who was born on a Georgia cotton farm...
...viewpoint that every historical event can be reduced to some Mrs. O'Leary's cow, and the fanciful delight in "Characters"-little Philsy Kerrigan, who once saved up a trunkful of doughnuts; Danny McGhee, who always slept in a maple tree; the midget policeman who caught the dwarf bandit...
...next two years if the other members of the "Aid to India Club," Britain, Canada, West Germany and Japan, matched the contribution. If the scheme materializes, Galbraith may be able to tackle a pet embassy project, building a nuclear power plant and a giant steel mill that would dwarf a similar, propaganda-packed Soviet showpiece...