Crack formation in cores and facings of earth dams

“... Under the direction of the Communist Party, during the Ninth Five-Year Plan a new great step was taken in creating the material-technical base of communism, uplifting the living standard of the people, and safeguarding the national security. Suchis the political effect of the economic activity of the Party during the period between the 24th and 25th Congresses. Such is the chief result of the heroic labor of the Soviet people...” “... For the successful carrying out of the varied tasks of the nation, there is no other way than the quick rise in labor productivity, the sharp increase in effectiveness of all social production. The emphasis on effectiveness — and about this it will be necessary to talk again and again — is the most important component of all our economic strategy...” (From the Report of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Comrade Leonid Ilich Brezhnev, read at the 25th Congress of the CPSU on February 24, 1976).