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...have increased our Army from eleven to 16 divisions in the last 20 months. This last Administration ignored Latin America for eight years, and we paid the price. This Administration, in the Alliance for Progress and in the OAS, has worked to make it possible for democratic institutions to flourish in Latin America, which is far more important than all the speeches and all the signs...
...pods of the puncture weed. In the spring the growing larvae feast on the seeds, killing them. Later the weevils even develop wings for a short time and follow seeds that the plants may have thrown to the wind. If there is a large crop of seeds, the weevils flourish along with their food supply. If there are more weevils than plant seeds, the little bugs simply die off. Thus nature maintains a delicate balance that allows neither the puncture weed nor its weevil to stir up a population explosion...
...GUINEA (F.) Pop.: 2,900,000. Size: 95,000 sq. mi. Literacy: 10%. College graduates: 60. No more cannibalism or ritual torture, but witch doctors flourish. Campaign against polygamy failed because of officials own insistence on multiple wives...
...marking the first time that the Legion has been stationed on the French mainland in peacetime. "Transporting the Legion from Sidi-bel-Abbès is like uprooting a gnarled olive tree," says Legionnaire Colonel Alberic Vaillant. "It requires care and attention to make sure the old tree will flourish in new soil...
...Scherbaum sailed through the Brandenburg No. 2 last week as if it were as simple as Au Clair de la Lune. Nonchalantly placing his weight on one leg, the egg-shaped instrumentalist blew through the intricacies of the high coloratura with characteristic ease; he blasted a final, full-volume flourish that brought an audible gasp from the audience. Chances are that he could have gone through the whole piece with his eyes shut: he has recorded the concerto for 14 different labels, has become so thoroughly identified with it that in Western and Eastern Europe alike, the solution...