Word: hopes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...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...
...Egyptians hope that the new system of dams will eliminate this danger, by providing "century storage" of Nile water. The stored reserves should keep the Nile flowing through the worst succession of dry years...
...Paleface. The cowboys & Indians formula thoroughly demoralized by Bob Hope (TIME...
...many of Marquand's readers, Point of No Return will seem a little more troubling and pessimistic than most of his works. But Marquand thinks that man is slowly growing up and that man's hope lies in a prospect of greater maturity. "Most people," he said, "never grow up. The thing we've got to do in our institutions is try to build up more maturity. Mature people are happier. At least they can rationalize the world in such a way that they are not going to beat their heads against a wall. I certainly think...
...Well," commented an old bystander watching this week's construction progress, "it was a nice place to take your girl walking ... I hope they save the Gingko tree...