Word: landing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...revised new view of the good old days. Before the Communists took over, relates the song, a certain "have-not peasant" could not even afford to buy a new shirt or pants, while the landlord's dog grew fat on the peasant's produce. Then, the Communist land reform gave the peasant four acres, and now he alone reaps its fruits...
...that all signs of ice have disappeared from the storied banks of the Charles, rowers of all descriptions are skimming across the waters, and before long, the Harvard crew will make its first official splash, and the voice of the coxswain will be heard in the land...
...Flood control and reclaiming of eroded land...
...Rhodes, amid beaming good will, the delicacies from Cairo were consumed-jellied turkey, mixed vegetables, meat balls, chocolates, assorted liquors. The negotiators parted with smiles and handshakes. Doughty Dr. Bunche took ship for the Holy Land, to see with his own eyes how the armistice worked...
...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...