Word: raines
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Detroit at Washington, rain other teams not scheduled National League Pittsburgh 2-2 Chicago 1 Houston 4 St. Louis...
Philadelphia at New York, rain...
...limited. "Considering the forces that man is trying to affect," says Dr. Raymond L. Nace, a U.S. Government hydrologist, "we can say that he has scarcely made a dent." But scientists keep trying. Attempts at weather control, for example, have been as unsuccessful and unreliable as appeals to the rain gods of old, yet researchers continue to seed clouds with silver iodide and Dry Ice, hopeful that they may some day learn to manage what they cannot yet predict...
...later, it evaporates back into the air or is given up by plants in the process of transpiration. An acre of corn gives off to the air about 4,000 gallons of water each day. In time, the water returns to the earth again in the form of rain and snow...
...late as 1950, Israelis relied on wells, rain tanks and collection systems. When there was no rain, they could only pray. Now Israelis have drawn up a master plan, nationalized all water, instituted strict rationing, tapped the Sea of Galilee, and laid out a grid of modern wells, reservoirs and pipelines. So well managed is the country's water supply that nearly 90% of all possible sources are being used-and 98% of all Israelis have running water...