Word: waterous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...They would also seek expansion of trade between the Western and Eastern zones. The Ministers formally agreed that the New York deal lifting the Berlin blockade should remain in force, and that it was each occupation commander's responsibility "to ensure the normal functioning and utilization of rail, water and road transport" between the Western and Eastern zones and Berlin...
...spectacular reforestation program. Over 13 years he supervised the planting of millions of willow, poplar and acacia seedlings to shade the roads, check riverbank erosion, supply fuel. "Even when I was a little boy," he once explained, "I liked to plant trees. In Chinghai, trees mean greenery and water, life and abundance. I sought to persuade my kin and friends to plant trees. I had no power then and made little headway. But as governor I acquired the power to persuade...
...water...
...week's end, Xochimilco's water level had risen to 15 inches. The boats were out again, with fresh flowers spelling out their names, Juanita and Maria, Esmeralda and Flor. Old Pacheco, poling a load of tourists along a canal, waved airily to his son Tomas, who was passing in the canoa Laura. "We're not finished yet, are we?" he shouted...
Burra's fifth one-man show, opening in London's Leicester Galleries last week. made suitably weird use of such source materials. His thick-painted water colors ("I mix my paints with spit, mostly") represent public places from Mexico City and Harlem to Limerick and Toulon, all swarming with grinning monsters from every age. Peering happily at one representative specimen, the pale little painter with the pointed nose giggled: "Isn't that horrible? It gives me a turn. I thoroughly like...