Word: weathers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...service has been well-received at the Quad, but the real test of its effectiveness is yet to come. The continuing dry weather has kept enough students walking to classes to avoid problems of crowding and overloading on the shuttle...
...organic disease of the capitalist system aggravated by the protracted militarization of the economy." This was resoundingly seconded by American Communist Party Boss Gus Hall, who described the economic situation in the U.S. as horribly bleak. Kosygin deftly skirted the chronic shortages plaguing the Soviet consumer. He blamed poor weather for last year's disastrous harvest that resulted in a 76-million-ton grain shortage. This forced Moscow to buy 35 million tons from the U.S. and other foreign suppliers. The Premier, of course, made no mention of Moscow's own massive militarization (expenditures totaled $141 billion last...
...choosing to sacrifice their crops in an effort to save the topsoil. By plowing their fields to turn the silt beneath less fragile clods and by planting soil-gripping crops, the farmers hope to conserve their valuable topsoil that otherwise may be swept away. Complicating the problem, unseasonably warm weather in some areas has produced an early infestation of cutworms and green bugs that attack the weakened plants...
...those shabby-looking men you see around Harvard at night are muggers. Forget the baggy pants, forget the weather-beaten jackets, and forget the worn shoes. Just look for the gray berets...
Addressing himself to Russia's domestic economic problems (TIME, March 1), Brezhnev blamed poor weather for much of the Soviet Union's disappointing harvest last year. He also heaped scorn on apparatchiks in charge of food and consumer-goods production. Said he: "Our central planning and administrative organizations have shown insufficient concern for the light [consumer], food and service industries." As examples of poor-quality products, he specifically cited shoes, fabrics, clothing, housewares and furniture...