Conifers have adapted to harsh weather with waxy, needle-like leaves and other features. Thomas Northcut/Digital Vision/Getty Images. All trees must adapt to survive winter. The group of trees known as conifers have their own adaptations for cold, harsh conditions.
The National Security Council (NSC) was established by statute in 1947 to create an inter- departmental body to advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the national security so as to enable the military services and the other
The NSP is being called the most significant housing program since the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. 1 It aims to deal with foreclosures at the neighborhood level in order to mitigate the risk that vacant or foreclosed houses can pose to community stability. NSP funds may be used to (A) establish financing mechanisms... including soft-seconds, loan loss reserves, and shared-equity loans... (B) purchase and rehabilitate homes and residential properties that have been abandoned or foreclosed upon, in order to sell, rent, or redevelop...