Word: landing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Beware again the false prophets; for there dwelleth in the land an old soothsayer in the place of the Merle, and his name is called Bill; and he is wondrous glib with his tongue unto the hour of Post Time...
...behold I am returned this day from Lincoln of Providence, in the land of the great races...
American support has been firmly behind the de Gasperi conservatives since they came to power in June, 1946. Although de Gasperi has veered steadily farther to the right since he first reneged on his land reform promises after the election campaign, backing from the West has increased to an almost fanatic pitch in the last mouth with a spectacular publicity campaign in the American press, emphasizing the importance of the outcome and the strength of the Communists. This campaign achieved one of its goals in the passage by Congress of the European Recovery Program on April 2. Since then...
Much of the world's best land has been so badly treated that its productivity is falling steadily. Osborn retells the familiar tale of "soil-mining," deforestation and erosion all over the world. As people grow more numerous, the soil they depend on grows poorer & poorer. The low point has almost been reached in the Near East, where man-made deserts occupy large areas that were once fertile and populous. Like most conservationists, Osborn is something of an alarmist. He tends to underestimate the ability of modern agricultural science to revive maltreated soil, make deserts productive by irrigation...
...social workers of the era-felt feebly feminine and small, "a mere dilettante." After hours of involved research into feudal economy, say, Beatrice would be ashamed to find that her head ached and she had to lie down-while Sidney indefatigably continued to probe the intricacies of mortgage and land-tenure. But he was wonderfully sympathic and never impatient...