Word: soils
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cement that can be mixed with soil to make airport runways, driveways, canal linings and dam facings...
...there could be long-range effects harder to guard against. One substance found in nuclear fallout is strontium-go, which, when taken into the body in dangerous amounts, causes deterioration of the bones. Its effects could reach people years after the blast, if it fell on soil where food later was grown for animals used for milk or meat...
...three fragmented states of French Indo-China, the land of Cambodia (pop. 4,500,000) stands the best chance of survival. It is rich in rice, rubber, tobacco, teak, pepper and well-watered soil, has only a small Communist movement, and its devoutly Buddhist people are homogeneous. But among its most important assets is its young King Norodom Sihanouk...
...Hamiltonian tradition of upholding the right of the Executive to use American forces in military operations, even without a Congressional declaration of war. United States ships fought the Barbary pirates informally for years. In 1875 President Polk precipitated a war with Mexico by sending American troops onto disputed soil between Mexico and the Republic of Texas. Once Polk created this "antecedent state of things," in Hamilton's phrase, Congress had no choice but to make a formal declaration of war. Abraham Lincoln, as a first-term Congressman, was among those voting to censure Polk for "unconstitutional" actions. But as President...
...weapon began firing into the crowd. In a few minutes there were a thousand dead in the palace grounds. Promiscuous killing, arson and pillaging went on for days. Total dead: 1,600. Even Mussolini protested, but Graziani, whose wounds were superficial, replied: "Mild measures never retained conquered soil." A few months later he was withdrawn from Ethiopia, created hereditary Marquis of Neghelli by King Victor Emmanuel...