Word: dammed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...miracle has been wrought," Gamal Abdel Nasser proudly announced to the people of Egypt after completion of the first stage of the Aswan High Dam. Indeed, the great structure-built with Russian aid and designed to harness the Nile and vitalize the stagnant Egyptian economy-has irrevocably changed the environment of the Nile River Valley and the lives of its inhabitants. But the results have not all been positive, and there is growing debate about whether the economic benefits of Aswan are outweighed by the ecological damage that it has caused...
...Dam, creating shortages for 3 million Iraqis. Exchanges over the situation have grown so heated that Syria has sealed the dam off and alerted troops to possible sabotage by Iraqi commandos...
Hunter was philosophical about his loss, saying "I'm disappointed to see a 7-3 lead go down the drain, but it's all water over the dam...
...conservatism in America. They want to lead the way to the promised land without much regard for the losses suffered en route. Says a conservative who participated in the Buckley meeting: "We've got to be successful with Ford-or we can't hold them back. The dam will break...
...Swampy with Beetle Bailey, the 70,000-man army of The Netherlands is probably the raunchiest-looking fighting force in the world. In startling contrast to the red-jacketed guardsmen who stand stiffly at attention outside Buckingham Palace, the honor guards in front of the royal palace on the Dam Square in Amsterdam usually have unkempt uniforms, straggly beards and lank shoulder-length hair. In fact, they look more like refugees from a rock group than members of a NATO contingent that might some day have to face the Red Army in combat. Yet, in one sense, the army...