Word: floodings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Like many another surrealist, Andre Masson suffers from insomnia. There was a time when he spent the long, painful hours of darkness dreaming up new paintings, but not any more. Masson has called a halt to the shadowy flood of gutted women, warring insects, angry furniture, neon seas, chalk idols and galloping labyrinths that made him famous, and moved out into the sunshine to paint landscapes...
...insisted that only government intervention can solve certain production problems. Private enterprise, Thomas explained, cannot handle such projects as flood control reforestation, and soil reclamation which are necessary to increase food production...
...Flood control and reclaiming of eroded land...
Most of the Nile's annual flood comes roaring down the Blue Nile and the neighboring Atbara when moist seasonal winds blowing across central Africa hit the high mountains of Ethiopia. A dam at the outlet of Lake Tana on the Blue Nile's headwaters will deepen the lake by about 13 feet, and allow it to hold in reserve for the dry season some 1,400 billion gallons of water. With necessary roads, power plants, etc. in wild Ethiopia, this dam is expected to cost $28 million...
...will do more, Egyptians hope. Some seasons there is not enough rain in Ethiopia to send a proper flood down the Blue Nile. Then in the parched land, the crops dry up. In the long history of Egypt this disaster has often happened for several years in succession, causing serious famines. It probably happened during 'the "seven lean years" which allowed Joseph to speculate in grain and enslave the Egyptians for Pharaoh (Genesis...