Word: swamp
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have." In certain rooms the occupants fear freezing to death; in others they cannot walk on the floor because of the protruding splinters and nails. In one of the bathrooms the lack of ventilation causes water to condense on the toilet seats; another bathroom is "usually like a swamp...
...details of the program. "The revolution on our own countryside," said the President, "stands in the sharpest contrast to the repeated farm failures of the Communist nations and is a source of pride to us all." But, warned Kennedy, "without new, realistic measures," increasing farm production "will some day swamp our farmers and our taxpayers in a national scandal or a farm depression...
...supplying planting stock for reforestation and parks and technical advice on reforestation, forest education, and other research programs. Clement refused to take an official government position but served as unofficial consultant in forestry and assisted in the creation of a field station for ecological research in the huge Zapata swamp...
West Irian is the Indonesian name for a California-sized island of swamp and jungle that the Dutch call Netherlands New Guinea (the eastern part of the island is administered by Australia, whose rights there Sukarno so far has not disputed). To add muscle to his speech, Sukarno has assembled an invasion army of 16,000 (backed up by another 100,000) on a small group of islands near the coast of New Guinea, which is defended by some 5,000 Dutch soldiers and marines. For air cover Sukarno can use 60 MIG jet fighters and 26 TU-16 bombers...
...dealing with the problem of subjective probabilities, he examined some decision rules. One problem of subjective probability is that the traits of the individual's system can swamp his probability judgments...