Word: soils
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...words could be broken down one by one, national control posts seemed to say that the U.S. was abandoning its insistence that the staff of detection stations on Russian soil include non-Russians. Just how much protection "internationally monitored, supervised" would give against Soviet cheating was still to be seen, but the new U.S. methods for detecting underground explosions seemed to have convinced the Administration that fewer on-site control stations are needed...
Through all that mountain's uncorrupted height, Past treeline, shrubline, grass, above all soil, The mind awakens and the eyes delight In contemplation of a crystal sight Made beautiful and sacred by our toil...
...though corn crops covered Yuque and Yunque for years, it was the patches of wild morning-glories growing there that piqued Professor Ellis. Since the flower grew nowhere else around, she took it as an indication that the soil beneath was different in some way. Her students attacked the spot, and soon struck a layer of adobe. As the surface dirt was removed, more and more walls appeared, revealing the remains of a 25-room pueblo...
...carved piece of bone, a bronze candlestick base and the cover of a copper vessel probably used in celebrating Mass. Further digging exposed the plan of the old plaza, including the tracks of two dogs that had run across it once, at a time when rain turned the soil...
Digging is still in full swing. The foundations of more buildings are showing through the soil, and with them appear fragments of glass that may have been parts of medicine bottles that the Spanish colonists carried with them into the wilderness. Nothing spectacular or beautiful is likely to be found, for San Gabriel was the crudest sort of frontier foothold. But enough has been located already to bring to life the days when the armored conquistadors rode up the great river from Mexico...