Word: plante
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Israeli jets repeatedly pound with rockets, bombs and napalm Arab towns and encampments in Jordan suspected of harboring the fedayeen, the Arab world's "men of sacrifice," who are carrying on a guerrilla war against Israel. Undeterred, the guerrillas cross frequently into Israel to ambush a patrol, plant a mine or leave a plastique explosive in a marketplace. Israeli commandos cross the other way in occasional retaliatory raids against fedayeen bases or positions...
...manufacturers have developed special catfish foods. Several firms are experimenting with pumps, mechanical feeders and harvesters, and there is a race to develop the best machine to behead, skin and eviscerate catfish. "Chip" Farmer and his neighbors in Dumas, Ark., have opened the nation's first catfish-processing plant, a cooperative that will package 900,000 Ibs. of fish this year. Restaurant chains specializing in farm-grown catfish are opening up in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. In time, the taste for Ictalurus punctatus may even move north...
...Committee plans to investigate problems which may arise from "the increase of faculty and students, the widening and deepening of programs, the heightened recognition of the interdependence of various faculties, and the growth of plant and Budget...
There was skull cracking in The Netherlands. As 2,000 Communists gathered in Amsterdam to listen quietly to their leaders, thousands of students battled the police in the heart of the city and tried to plant Red and Viet Cong flags on the National Monument, which commemorates the Resistance of World War II. A police inspector, trapped by young toughs, was burned on the face with cigarette butts. In London, militant workers used May Day to protest the government's plan to outlaw wildcat strikes. Close to 100,000 workers stayed home, and the docks of London, Hull...
...most auspicious of Commerce's signals was flashed by the turnaround of three indicators: orders by manufacturers for durable goods, contracts and orders for plant and equipment and new building permits. Reversing sharply in March, the three portend slower growth in inflation-provoking corporate spending on expansion. They reflect boardroom decisions that will soon show up as changes in factory output and personal income, which are measured among the so-called "coincident" indicators. Reaction is already evident in retail sales, which also turned down sharply in March. Eventually, the effects will ripple through the economy as rises or declines...