Word: problems
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hounds to Jeeps. Giovanni passed most of his beautiful things on to his younger son Alessandro, who justified his father's confidence. His most notable undertaking was the conversion into farmland of Lake Fucino-a problem which had been, on the agenda since the reign of the Emperor Claudius I (B.C. 10-A.D. 54). "Either I will dry up Fucino," said Alessandro, "or it will dry me up." After eleven years, Alessandro won; the family still rents out most of Fucino's 35,000 acres to tenants at $40 an acre a year...
...report recognizes that while a sharp reduction in Britain's population would reduce its need for imports, Britain's ability to export would also be reduced. "It would be premature to assume that the balance of payments problem will necessarily constitute a serious argument against a moderate increase in numbers...
Except for Roman Catholic opposition on the detail of birth control information, the report was received last week with general acclaim in Britain. It has cleared the air of alarmist thinking, avoided absurd excesses of "population planning" (see cut) and made a start toward public policy on a problem that faces many nations-how to induce the more intelligent groups to have enough children to reproduce themselves...
...Germany, had to reshape his plans for a leisurely trip to his new post. John Jr., 11, and Ellen, nearly 8, insisted on taking along the family pets (Hansel, a canary, Judy, a boxer, and Punchy, a beagle). But Britain's six-month rabies quarantine presented a problem. Diplomat McCloy decided to send the wife and kids and Hansel on to Britain by boat. To avoid the British quarantine, he would fly nonstop from the U.S. to Germany himself, personally escorting Punchy and Judy direct to their new home...
...German Problem...