Word: stream
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...heavily industrialized state, which has started no fewer than 55 of them in less than a year. The commissions in several coastal towns are acting to protect the state's water basins, shoreline and lands below the high-tide mark. The town of Harding is considering a novel "stream-protection zoning" statute that would thwart pollution and overdevelopment along its many small streams. In short, the commissions are uniting local officials and environmentalists for action where it counts-at the grassroots level where decisions are made...
...fact that he impressed President Kennedy with his skill as a briefer. Without exception, an officer is briefed before he goes on a mission and debriefed after it. Base commanders take great pride in showing off their briefing rooms and their graphics departments, which turn out an unending stream of impressive audio-visual aids. "When we briefed General Westmoreland," recalls one officer in Viet Nam, "we knew that we must fill at least 30 minutes even if the information did not require it. So we made our charts more complicated, our graphs more detailed. It all took up time...
...unity of the conservative group hints at one of the fundamental sources of disagreement between the caucuses, both last April and now: a difference in style. "Their side really believes more in arranging things in an orderly way beforehand," says John Womack, jr., assistant professor of History "in stream-lining things, managing things." The liberal group seems to prefer public decision-making...
ized bacteria or other signs of ancient life. Fireman is analyzing the radioisotopes of helium, argon and hydrogen to determine the effects of the solar wind-a stream of high energy particles from the sun-on the lunar rock...
...must be laid over the tundra. But scooping thousands of cubic yards of gravel out of the nearby hills will cause devastating new erosion. An alternate solution-getting the gravel from river bottoms -poses yet another problem. The future of migratory fish like salmon, which lay their eggs in stream bottoms, will be endangered. In short, the fabulous oil strike might turn the tundra into a nightmarish wasteland...