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...temples of Abu Simbel are saved from the encroaching waters of the Nile's Aswan High Dam...
...under the United Nations for twelve years, the four countries have raised $175 million, nearly one-third among themselves and the rest in loans and grants from 26 other countries, to finance hydroelectric projects, bridges and engineering studies. The U.S. has spent about $36 million. Thailand has completed two dams, Laos is working on the big Nam Ngum Dam, and Cambodia has begun a power and irrigation project near Pnompenh. Now the most ambitious project of all is ready for financing: the $1 billion Pa Mong Dam between Thailand and Laos. The dam, the first to span the Mekong itself...
...each craft. Outboard Marine readily admits to spending 1 % of its gross outboard sales on its racing team, and rumors are that Kiekhaefer, maker of Mercury engines, invests as much as $3,000,000 a year pn dozens of races at California's Tahoe, Elsinore and Parker Dam...
Andrews, a 1958 Design School honors graduate, planned Africa Palace for Expo '67 and designed the controversial Scarborough College buildings for the University of Toronto. The Scarborough complex has been compared to a "medieval fortress" or "a power dam...
...whole problem may become academic before long. Returning from vacation this week, the judges will take up the last case that is currently before the court - a Belgian company's compensation claim for a hydroelectric dam confiscated by the Spanish government in 1948. After that, the judges could theoretically pack up and return to their favorite resorts. Few nations are yet willing to submit their quarrels to an international authority, and the World Court will soon have no further business on its agenda...