Word: soils
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...next two checks came from Britain and Japan. Norman Davis' blunt definition of an aggressor-one whose armed forces are found on alien soil-was amplified to include a country that had taken any one of the following steps...
...interest in fine wines, retained from more propitious times, or aroused by recent agitation, Philip Wagner's "The Wines of California" will be of interest. It is scholarly discussion of the history an prospects of the vine in America, and it demonstrates the encouraging potentialities inherent in the Western soil...
...long run we may come to the conclusion that the simplest and most accurate definition of an aggressor is one whose armed forces are found on alien soil in violation of treaties...
...Morgan's assigned objectives are as follows: 1) flood control works along the Tennessee River to even up its flow between a March torrent and an October trickle; 2) a 9-ft. channel for navigation from Knoxville to Paducah (650 mi.); 3) reforestation of marginal lands to prevent soil erosion and to supply the next generation with a timber crop; 4) decentralization of industry so that Tennessee Valley residents may live on farms while working in factories; 5) manufacture of fertilizer; 6) production and distribution of cheap hydroelectric power. For these purposes the Tennessee Valley Authority is permitted...
There are over 1,200 species of termite, some 40 of them in the U. S. New York's variety builds its labyrinthine nests in the soil beneath buildings, crawls up into wooden beams and floors. It eats from the inside so that owners are unaware of damage until shell-like or spongy timbers collapse. First intimation a young New Jersey couple got was when they beheld, through a gaping parlor floor, their grand piano in the cellar...