Word: soils
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Eight thousand miles away, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher herself standing on shifting political soil, drew Britannia's rustling sword from its scabbard and let a righteous charge in the name of self-determination that lifted her national prestige to a level from which it has yet to substantially descend...
...Panama Canal with his bare hands, "I took the Canal Zone, and let Congress debate." Teddy's battering-ram shoulder did wonders, but private concerns had already made attempts to cut through the isthmus, even in failure showing it could be done. T.R. knew the time was ripe. Soil conservation was a science long before Franklin Roosevelt lifted it to the top of the national agenda and we began to heal the washed and windblown land. Ike grasped the importance of a huge interstate highway system. His endorsement helped push 23,500 miles of superhighways across the country...
...minute meeting with Bush, Trudeau addressed the issue that concerns Canadians most: whether the U.S. will test the low-flying, turbofan-powered cruise missile in northeastern Alberta. The Prime Minister repeated his personal view that the U.S. should be allowed to conduct the tests on Canadian soil, but he told the Vice President bluntly that the full Cabinet had not yet given its consent to the project. Eager to defuse any tension, Bush later declared that President Reagan has "a driving, motivated desire" to achieve strategic arms reductions with the Soviets. He also acknowledged that Canada's agreement with...
Once the mountainsides are denuded, erosion begins. The land can no longer hold water. Soil fertility drops without the replenishing nutrients from trees. Rivers swing from one seasonal extreme to another, sending flood waters surging off the mountains in the rainy season and causing long periods of drought in summer. The torrents may be accompanied by landslides. More subtle damage comes from silting. As rivers wash debris into the clear coastal waters, the particles reduce the transparency of the sea, cut down sunlight and kill off coral reefs and valuable coastal sea grasses, on which much marine life depends...
...voter for the Greens, I can say that this movement does not have much to do with romanticism or nationalism. The Greens reject capitalism and the style of living that accompanies it. The West Germans have to change their political attitudes drastically to prevent a "ground zero" on German soil...