Word: diverters
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...passing of divisionals into the limbo of forgotten things the Vagabond has given thought to his seniors. They are a surly lot at the moment for the anxiety of awaiting their marks has played havoc with their nerves. The old fellow has cast about to find some entertainment to divert their attention from the endless poker games and the other evils which they now employ to pass away the time. Nor have his castings been in vain...
...declared Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes last week in rendering a Supreme Court decision which meant life for New York City and death for six little hamlets in Delaware County, N. Y. By the court's order New York was allowed to divert 440,000,000 gal. per day from certain tributaries of the Delaware River to add to the city's ever-growing water supply (TIME, April 27). By the same decree Arena (pop. 216), Dunraven (pop. 104), Union Grove (pop. 204), Shavertown (pop. 219), Pepacton (pop. 27) and pos-sibly Downsville (pop. 532) will be blotted...
...Construct Boulder City to house 2,500 workers and their families. 3) Build an eightmile, double-track, standard-gauge rail line from Boulder City down to the canyon, to the dam site. 4) Blast out of solid rock in the canyon walls four tunnels 50 ft. in diameter to divert temporarily the Colorado's flow 4.000 ft. around the dam site. 5) Erect a temporary dam upstream to turn the river into the tunnels and another downstream to stop backwash. Only then will the bed of the Colorado be laid bare and dry to receive the foundation, 600 ft. thick...
...boomed because of its geological location (TIME, Feb. 10). Gaming tables and coin-in-slot pianos were prevalent. There was rough carnival in the atmosphere. Notably missing among the celebrants were officials from Arizona, only Colorado River State to oppose the dam. Arizona's reason: the dam will divert water and power now hers to the other six States (Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, California...
...voice against this foolish attitude. Soon after, Mr. Peter A. Bogdanov [now chairman of Amtorg] came to the United States and brought a bunch of Communists with him. It was decided by him to 'teach Americans a lesson.' Telegrams were sent to Moscow with the request to divert orders from the United States to other countries. The Amtorg is now engaged in trying to blackmail the United States into recognizing the Soviet government...