Word: soils
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...modern measures, George Washington did not read the right books. He relished how-to-do-it texts, with their new ideas on the use of manure, turning soil and animal husbandry. But he did not delve very far into art, philosophy or science. When John Kennedy was coaxed into supplying a list of his ten favorite books, the collection was heavy with history, biography and geopolitics, the kind of reading that he knew critical journalists would admire. Twenty years ago, we took Presidents at their word. The suspicion now is that the list was a bit fraudulent...
...only the Chancellor's office, but the direction of West German foreign policy and possibly even the future of the NATO alliance. The reason: as the campaign has progressed, the electorate has become increasingly polarized over the placement of U.S. Pershing II and cruise missiles on West German soil. A poll for Der Spiegel published a week ago showed that approval of the so-called two-track NATO strategy of deploying the missiles, while simultaneously pursuing arms talks with the Soviets, has jumped from 38% to 51% among Christian Democratic supporters. At the same time, however, approval among Social...
...Soviet SS-20's aimed at all major military installations and cities in Western Europe, but the American Pershing II and Cruise missiles about to be deployed to deter Soviet Hawkishness, the Greens demand that West Germany refuse to allow the new American weapons on its soil. The very threat of deployment has driven the Soviets to the bargaining table in Geneva, but if NATO succumbs to the Soviet propaganda designed to split Europe from the United States, and refuses to deploy, then the Soviets will enjoy a permanent advantage in intermediate range missiles and will have no reason...
...Rocky Mountain region, the people there "are closer to the soil," McManus suggests...
...past 39 years, once characterized the relationship, "We will act as a common organism that has common lungs and a common circulatory system." Moscow, in turn, is so confident of the fealty of the country's 8.9 million people that no Soviet troops are stationed on its soil. Says an official in the West German Foreign Ministry: "The relationship is Pavlovian. The Soviets flinch, and the Bulgarians snap...