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...rare flower," a likely alternative is "Type II . . . a much commoner species." Pretty, educated and sensitive, she adds to rather than fits into the farm scene, is more suitable for the farmer who inherited his land from grandpa than for the poor but ambitious tiller of the soil. For her, intelligence and education are not necessarily handicaps; she "should be able to carry on a conversation with either the hired hand or a banker whose note is due . . . She should look well in blue jeans. It's not good if she runs to hips...
...Wyman Carroll III will show movies at 7 p.m. tonight in the Union and look for undergraduates with a "sincere interest" in snaring birds for the Eli, insects for Walter Reed, and soil for the U.S. Rubber...
...cement that can be mixed with soil to make airport runways, driveways, canal linings and dam facings...
...there could be long-range effects harder to guard against. One substance found in nuclear fallout is strontium-go, which, when taken into the body in dangerous amounts, causes deterioration of the bones. Its effects could reach people years after the blast, if it fell on soil where food later was grown for animals used for milk or meat...
...three fragmented states of French Indo-China, the land of Cambodia (pop. 4,500,000) stands the best chance of survival. It is rich in rice, rubber, tobacco, teak, pepper and well-watered soil, has only a small Communist movement, and its devoutly Buddhist people are homogeneous. But among its most important assets is its young King Norodom Sihanouk...