Word: disturb
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thick layer at 12,500 ft. Estimated capacity of the field: 300 million tons (15 times France's yearly petrol consumption). It is planned to have 20 wells operating by the end of 1958. The excitement of bringing in the big "bear cats" does not disturb the calm of the bespectacled chief engineer, Christian Redron, who wears nothing but khaki shorts and sandals on a skinny frame burned to leather by the sun. But Redron's eye lights up when he speaks of what it means to his country: "Just wait till we get the first...
...group considered noisey or acting in a way which the police feel might disturb other residents of the dormitories, will be broken up by University officers, it was learned...
Grim Statistics. Alfonso de Portago was not a man to let such grim statistics disturb him. He had not only playboy inclinations, but also the talents of a natural athlete. The more spectacular a sport, the more he liked it. For a while, he favored jai alai and polo. He had barely learned about the dangers of bobsledding when he was picked to represent Spain in the winter Olympics. "The mere fact that we race requires no courage on our part," he wrote in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. But he was frank to admit that he was often afraid. "I think what...
...started back to Canberra. "Most exhausting journey I have ever undertaken," he told reporters. "Hope I never have anything like that again." But there was wisdom in his genial candor. Said he, urging a study of Japan's need for foreign exchange: "The one great thing which could disturb the peace of the Pacific is to have a frustrated Japan...
...Must Flow." In view of lagging oil shipments (see BUSINESS), asked a correspondent, what was Ike going to do about a refusal by the Texas control board to step up production? Said the President: "I think the Federal Government should not disturb the economy of our country except when it has to. On the other hand . . . the business concerns of our country . . . should consider where do our long-term interests lie. And certainly they demand a Europe that is not flat on its back economically . . . Oil must flow in such a quantity as to fill up every tanker we have...