Word: soils
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Industrious Ants. Otto was five when Austria rebelled against the Habsburg monarchy and overthrew his father, Emperor Karl, in the aftermath of World War I. The new republican government exiled the royal family and passed a "Habsburg Law," which banned their return to Austrian soil until they renounced all claims to the throne and formally embraced the democratic constitution. Karl regally refused, and after his death in 1922 the royal family settled in Spain, where the Empress Zita set up a modest court...
...rivers in the U.S. and Europe began to billow with evil-looking foam and tap water frothed like lager beer, the blame was quickly pinned on the synthetic detergents in modern cleaning agents. They wash shirts gleaming white and they make dishes shine, but the bacteria that swarm in soil and sewage do not eat them with the same appetite they have for old-fashioned soap. Rejected by the bugs, the detergents sweep through sewage plants and seep out of septic tanks into the ground water. They are not poisonous, but who likes creamy froth on his drinking or swimming...
...this rock you shall build your church." On this rocky soil some dissatisfied Englishmen built a new land. "We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people upon us." Soon after clearing the land they founded a college, on a strip of ground one-eighth of a mile long. The college was designed to train prospective ministers, who would mediate between these dedicated men and their vengeful, austere...
...Dean Rusk labeled it "one of the gravest issues that we have had since 1865." In a Memorial Day speech at the Gettysburg battleground, Vice President Lyndon Johnson said: "The Negro today asks justice. We do not answer him, and we do not answer those who lie beneath this soil when we reply to the Negro by asking 'Patience...
...cent of the budget goes for operations, while 85 per cent is spent on salaries for the dictator's associates. The government's response to erosion, a serious problem for Haiti's almost entirely agricultural economy, is indicative of its philosophy. Of the $112,000 budgeted for soil conservation, $110,000 is allotted for salaries...