Word: vastnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first time, India no longer seems forever doomed to live on the edge of hunger-an accomplishment that may be as important for the human race as any other achievement in this century. The reason: a dramatic breakthrough in agriculture known from one end of the vast subcontinent to the other as "the green revolution." Within four years, despite its approximately 540 million population, which is increasing at the rate of 13 million a year, India expects to achieve self-sufficiency in food production. That prospect is the result of a combination of ambitious' innovations: extensively used new high...
Over the years, Mumford has become known as a specialist in many fields--a tribute both to his vast learning and his stubborn refusal to confine himself to one discipline. Among the twenty-three volumes he's produced since 1922 are texts on Herman Melville, on the history of art and literature, on design and architecture and on moral philosophy. But perhaps his most famous and important work has been in urban affairs. Mumford was among the first Americans to study the problems of the cities systemically, and the ideas he formulated in the 1920's have, if anything, gained...
...often, reality bears them out. What, then, can anyone do? Big Government or big business or big cities cannot be done away with. A nation of 200 million or 300 million-as the U.S. will be in another generation-cannot survive without a vast bureaucracy and without a multitude of laws. The day is long gone when a family could simply pack up to avoid being hemmed in by complexity. Even as technology opens up vast new worlds, extending man's powers and perceptions a thousand-or millionfold, many long for the simplicity of an earlier era. Yet there...
Between Two Points. A team led by Hofmann developed the quakecast method hile investigating fault zones for the California Department of Water Resources, which is understandably co cerned about the effects of earth slip page and quakes on its vast system of pumping plants, dams and aqueducts...
...theology than in economics. It is the Vatican's bank for investing the resources of Roman Catholic religious orders and charities from many parts of the world. Set up by Pope Pius XII 27 years ago, the institute manages a sizable portion of the Holy See's vast securities portfolio. Its guiding principle is the maxim that 1,000 lire sown today can reap 10,000 for charity tomorrow...