Word: landed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Brigadier General William L. Richardson, U.S.A.F., should have a launching site within the continental U.S. and a range at least 3,000 miles long. At intervals along the first 500 miles, the range should have check points. There will have to be "impact areas" too, where the missiles can land without killing innocent bystanders. The range should have a climate not too cold or rainy...
...several leaves on the Federal Security Agency's vine, is little more than a great statistics bureau, and a sponsor of worthy projects. It publishes two dry-as-dust education journals, puts out bulletins on better teaching methods, worries about U.S. school enrollments. Though it handles funds for land-grant colleges, its function is more to counsel than command...
Miss Larelda Land of Larchmont and her classmate, Miss Laura Jean Miller of New Brunswick, N. J., are spending the mid-semester vacation with Miss Land's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Land of 59 West Brookside Drive. They are members of the junior class at Boston University College of Physical Education, Sargent, in Boston, Mass...
...Land Grab...
While the states are claiming the federal government is trying to grab its land, other people are saying that state ownership is merely a land grab by big business. This is not true, for the business arrangements in the federal bill are identical with those of the states. Oil rights to an area of land are leased to the highest bidder, bids later being made public; and when oil is struck, the owner of the land receives a royalty, usually one-eighth. The preference of business for state control stems from a fear of a disruption of the industry...