Word: land
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...land and the gods were thirsty. To water the land, and to control the temperamental waters of the Kosi River in Bihar Province, the Indian Government planned the world's highest dam (730 ft.). But many a simple villager thought the plans for the dam would simply sharpen the thirst of the gods for human blood...
Trujillo made no bones about it. He had not been able to find out just when & where the invaders would land to start a Dominican uprising that in the end might profit trouble-hunting Communists more than anyone else, although the plotters in Cuba still tried to keep the Commies out of the act. One night last week Trujillo pulled his bodyguards out of a party and went down to the beach. There he prowled around for a long time and scared...
...landlocked Paraguay, Dictator-President Higinio Morínigo could hardly be blamed for overlooking Admiral Mahan's classic studies of the influence of sea power on history. There was less excuse for his forgetting the Clausewitz command to land fighters to concentrate the main force on the main enemy. Because he ignored both teachers, Morínigo last week was in a tough spot...
Virginia-born Lady Astor, usually handier with vinegar than honey, paid her native land a pretty tribute as she sailed for Britain after another visit home: "Despite the radio, movies, and the selling here-some of them would sell their own grandmother if it would do any good-the people are the soundest, sanest and most generous people in the world." For Russia, she expressed what almost sounded like sympathy: "Look at Russia's internal problems. Look what she has to do with that vast country of hers-feeding all those people, and cleaning them...
...smugglers and black marketeers-who live in improvised barracks almost without guards. And there are 35 welcome visitors sent by the American Friends Service Committee from half a dozen countries to help in the building of the community. The visitors live in tents and work each day clearing the land, draining the swamps and fitting together the sturdy log houses that will soon make Varejoki a real town...