Word: drain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Speaking at the dinner of the International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry, of which he is honorary president, Conant expressed concern at "the incessant drain of able young men towards the field of applied science...
Speaking at the dinner of the International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry, of which he is honorary president, Conant expressed concern at "the incessant drain of able young men towards the field of applied science...
Ironically, one big achievement only showed the need for another. With water-happy householders emptying an estimated 500,000 tubfuls down the drain the first day, the capital's ancient and decrepit drainage system broke down. To make things worse, heavy rains flooded the streets. By week's end, engineers were forced to cut the inflow of the new water by a third. They probably will hold it at the reduced level till the drainage system can be overhauled-at an estimated $60 million, more than twice the cost of the entire Lerma project...
...majors are willing to ship their valuable athletes around by plane from game to game. Meanwhile, as Western fans see it, the Pacific Coast cities are permanently condemned to second-grade baseball, played mainly by greenhorns and has-beens, while the big league teams in the East drain off such stars as Joe and Dom DiMaggio, Larry Jansen, Gene Woodling and Ferris Fain as fast as they come up. The draft has a double effect: a club lucky enough to develop two or three standout players in a season must usually sell them all to the highest bidders rather than...
...huge drain is due largely to higher prices of timber, tobacco and grain, much of which Britain must buy in the dollar area (the U.S., Canada, etc.). Another worry is the Iranian oil crisis. If Britain loses her oil from Abadan, she will have to spend some $350 million more a year buying oil from the dollar area (the U.S. and Venezuela) to make up the difference...