Word: lande
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...heady blend of physics and metaphysics held sway in Sanders Theater yesterday as Edwin H. Land '30, chairman and director of research of the Polaroid Corporation, delivered the honors oration at the initiation of 110 Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates into the Phi Beta Kappa Society...
...Spit of Land. The West Bank Arabs fear that a decade of occupation could turn into permanent possession and continued encroachment by Jewish settlers. Since 1967, 45 communities (nine of them Jerusalem suburbs built on Arab land) have been created on the West Bank-in violation of the Geneva Convention of 1949, which states that an "occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies." To West Bankers, the settlements are not only permanent, but they are also designed to surround and isolate the major Arab centers of population. Example...
...Return of a Nation Square" in Hebrew, planted flowers, built a school, a synagogue, a mikveh (ritual bath), and three workshops that produce income from metalworking, ceramics and sewing. In all there are 37 families, with 100 children. Reported Halevy: "Their eyes shine when they talk about the Promised Land: 'It is written in the ancient holy books that the first temple will rise and fall, that the second temple will rise and collapse, but the third temple, whose birth will come in pain and struggle, will survive forever. We are building the third temple...
...quarter of his income on fuel. Elsewhere, the search for firewood is helping to create new deserts. Almost all the trees within 70 kilometers (44 miles) of Ouagadougou in Upper Volta have already been consumed as fuel by the city's inhabitants. Now the circle of naked land is expanding...
...already reduced much of North Africa -once the Roman Empire's granary -to desert areas that must import most of their food. Improper irrigation, which can lead to salinization and waterlogging, is taking another 200,000 to 300,000 hectares (500,000 to 750,000 acres) of land out of production each year. As the world's population and demand for food rise, these soil losses become increasingly crucial...