Word: soiling
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...Estonian lawyer to whom Solzhenitsyn attributes his conversion from Marxism to democratic principles was Arnold Susi (named in The Gulag Archipelago), a member of the last legitimate Estonian government on national soil. He could not make it to freedom abroad in 1944 when the Russians again invaded Estonia, and was subsequently arrested by the Soviets solely because he was a well-known national figure. He was sent to prisons and labor camps in Russia, where he met Alexander Solzhenitsyn...
...Brazil a thing of the past: a significant aspect of the Transamazonian Highway was a vast program to colonize a 60-kilometer band on either side of the right-of-way. Only after the road was cut and colonists were dispatched did anyone discover that the soil along the first stretch was unsuitable for intensive farming...
...dares tell why half are found beneath the soil...
Bowyer said one engineer thought buildings over the line might sink as much as six inches, depending on the soil conditions...
...Pusey Library will have a liberal supply of shrubbery on its non-plaza rooftop, trees nearby where soil is deeper, and smaller plants ranged around the windows and light wells. One can only hope that the Yard's planners will resist the temptation to sow an "ever-green belt" of shrubs across the Yard. The introduction of an element of this scale has already proven to be one element too many--the "accent" which destroys the balance and integrity of a serene environment...