Word: soiling
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...rebellion this past year, we'd be worried about fragging, the way it happened in Viet Nam with American captains and lieutenants getting killed off by their own men. But our troops aren't in a foreign place like Viet Nam. They're on their own soil, and they believe that what they are doing is protecting their own interests...
...Biron and modeled Biron's dark lady, Rosaline, on Emilia Lanier. Further clues are on the way. This month, when Rowse visits the U.S., he will bring with him a sheaf of newly discovered poems by Emilia. The 74-year-old Cornishman is rooted to his native soil, but this, after all, is a special occasion. "Americans," vows Rowse, "are really more open-minded than the British...
...rotation. Insecticides and herbicides have done away with the need to rotate crops in order to keep pests from infesting the soil. No longer must a farmer periodically allow his best land to lie fallow, or plant it with unprofitable crops...
...700th birthday. While the blue, yellow and red national flag waved from bunting-bedecked windows and balconies, citizens crowded into the ancient Plaza of the Prince of Benlloch to hail the arrival of Andorra's two sovereign Princes. It was their first meeting ever on Andorran soil, and a cordial though somewhat subdued salute was given Andorra's rulers by the local militia. They fired powder-loaded hunting rifles, since the country has no standing army and hence no cannons...
...that didn't stop the Ku Klux Klan from planting in fertile soil...