Word: stripping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Moynihan's brainchild, is at least a step away from the old dependency relationship of client-to-department. FAP would provide a minimum income ($1600 rock-bottom) for everyone. It does not allow nearly enough money. But the concept of a minimum life sustenance for everyone would help strip away the stigma of welfare...
...Jordan would accept the Allon plan, under which the West Bank will be demilitarized, and Israel would keep a strip of fortified settlements along the Jordan River to safeguard its borders. There would be no separate Palestinian state, but the people of the West Bank would retain their Jordanian citizenship and they would have access to the East Bank by means of a corridor at Jericho between the Israeli border settlements...
...spraying during the last decade has been directed towards four different kinds of targets: mangrove forests, hardwood forests, strip spraying (along roads and canals) and crops...
...Strip spraying is the name given to herbicide use in a variety of situations. Narrow strips along roadsides, along the perimeters of military installations, along canals and along rivers have been sprayed to reduce cover which might hide troop movements. In the Delta region of the south, most of the population lives in homes along the canal banks, with their rice fields extending away from the canals, behind their homes. American strip spraying dumped herbicides directly on these huts (and their inhabitants) while killing vegetation along the banks of the canals...
Keller shot to a commanding 4-0 lead only to see Pommares fight back to a 4-4 tie. With no time left, Keller used his classic style to edge Pommares to the end of the strip before lunging for a touch to win the La Belle. Co-captain Irvings also won all three of his epee rounds...