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Word: rainproof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...island. Last year, when it became apparent that Rongelap would soon be free of danger, the Navy invited a handful of native leaders to come help them plan a new village in anticipation of the islanders' return. It was to include brand new modern houses with heat-resistant, rainproof aluminum roofs, a new school, a new hospital, a church, a radio station, scientifically planted groves of coconut designed for maximum copra production, plantations of papaya and breadfruit seedlings, and a whole new fleet of canoes for the local fishermen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MARSHALL ISLANDS: Fortuitous Fallout | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

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