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...economic development. There is no dearth, however, of physical or human resources. Its technical advisers in Viet Nam have proved that Taiwan has the kind of electric power, harbor development and agricultural experts necessary for rebuilding war's ruins. Malaysia can join in the reconstruction effort with timber and cement, South Korea with textiles and fertilizer. Indonesia, potentially a major Asian supplier of oil and copper, is even now busily luring the foreign investment necessary to exploit its rich natural resources...
...easily bit through the thin wall to an adjacent flooded mine, and water rushed through the gap, knocking down large chunks of walls. Four men drowned in the torrent. The six others scrambled to the highest spot in the 9 by 140-ft. area, frantically constructed a barricade of timber and heavy burlap to keep out the flood, foul air and deadly gases. As the water continued to rise, Larry Lynch, 28, fell to his knees and prayed: "Dear God, you can work miracles-I'm asking you for one." The water stopped, and never moved closer...
Along the way, Fernando Poo pulled steadily ahead of timber-and coffeegrowing Rio Muni, sharpening a longtime rivalry between the two provinces. But, departing from his policy in Spain, where politics remain tightly controlled, Franco has permitted Spanish Guineans to form at least half a dozen noisy political parties to work off their steam. Many politicians in Fernando Poo want the island to remain part of Spain. Those in Rio Muni want independence, but they also hope to keep the $7,300,000 a year in export subsidies and $670,000 a year in budget support that Spain now provides...
...inveterate bush traveler himself, dad went out into the northern hinterlands to cut up the fearful tales about the ravages of "timber wolves that would tear a man to pieces" for the fantastic fabrications that they were, and to gather the material for wolf stories that made this newspaper famous and for his later book Wolves Don't Bite, now out of print...
...found that farmers were anxious to be rid of the rundown structures, and he was able to buy the wood for the cost of pulling down the barn ($200 to $400). "But the farmer gets sophisticated pretty fast in New Hampshire and Vermont," says Janinski, "and today the weathered timber costs up to three times as much as new lumber...