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...Rhine and Meuse delta lands in The Netherlands' southwest, where tidal surges roared up estuaries and rivers, shattered 67 dikes, drowned 1,800 people and engulfed 375,000 acres of farmlands. In the aftermath, the public alarm was profound, and engineers swiftly blueprinted a $650 million plan to safeguard the delta forevermore by damming up four of the region's principal sea arms (see map). Fortnight ago the Delta Plan marked its first milestone: the damming of the 2,000-ft.-wide Veersche...
...straight-from-the-shoulder message through Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson Jr. The U.S.. said the President, views Laos as a test case of Soviet intentions (see FOREIGN NEWS), is willing to work toward a genuine settlement, or just as willing to throw its power into Southeast Asia to safeguard its vital interests...
...most striking characteristic politically is a lethargy so profound that it is almost spectacular. Since the crisis began, he has taken two notable steps to safeguard his domain. He has kept close watch over an ancient golden statue of Buddha, on the theory that "as long as the Buddha is in our hands, the country is safe." He has preserved the body of his late father in formaldehyde for the past 17 months in a gilded sandalwood urn at the entrance to the palace in the royal capital of Luangprabang, on the ground that the powerful phis (spirits) that surround...
...diseases caused by small viruses, mono has no cure. Patients are kept in bed. with absolute rest, to protect the spleen and liver. Some doctors believe that in severe cases drugs of the cortisone type help reduce the inflammation and therefore safeguard the liver. Two weeks in bed and another of complete rest are usually enough, with good doctoring, to ensure full recovery...
...designed to supply heat and power for Arctic DEW-line outposts, had been running successfully and efficiently for 2½ years, had been shut down for overhaul for two weeks. It was equipped with every built-in safeguard, every "fail safe" device known to science. What went wrong with SL-1? Although technicians could stay in the building for only brief periods, everything they saw suggested that the impossible had happened: the reactor had suddenly boiled up in a runaway atomic reaction. In thousandths of a second, its water coolant had been turned into superheated steam that ruptured the reactor...