Word: flare
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was no assurance that it would not flare up again. Both Governments were mad. Peru accused Ecuador of provoking an incident to force a settlement by the other American nations. Ecuador thought Peru was trying to settle the dispute by pure force. In Washington, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Bogotá diplomats hastened to proffer their good offices, hoping that at this time, of all times, the Americas would not get to fighting among themselves. But while statesmen took counsel together, 15,000 people marched through the streets of Quito, waving flags, stood bareheaded before the statue...
Isolationists whooped that they had won a convert. Actually, the Senator was simply reasserting the Senate's rights, protesting unnecessary concentration of executive power under the screen of national defense. But the flare-up indicated how much crockery will fly when the Administration makes its next big legislative proposal-as it will this week in asking price-fixing powers for Leon Henderson...
Undulant fever may smolder for years, suddenly flare up into a complex disease resembling typhoid, malaria or tuberculosis. It is caused by any of three germs of the group Brucella (named after Sir David Bruce, who discovered the strain in 1886). Brucellae infect cattle, sheep, goats and pigs, cause a disease known as contagious abortion. Between 11 and 20% of all U.S. cattle are infected, causing a yearly loss to farmers of some $80,000,000. The disease is transmitted to man through milk, butter, cheese, and through handling of infected carcasses; it is not passed from one person...
...vital U.S. aircraft industry, whose rapid growth has made it a tinderbox, primed for labor trouble, a small flare-up last week illuminated dangers ahead. In Middle River, Md., C.I.O. workers in the huge Glenn L. Martin Co. plant walked out, called a strike. In spite of the strike call, most of the employes (members of a union which C.I.O. leaders said was company-dominated) stayed on, disregarding a skimpy picket line...
Towards midnight, a flare burst from a circling airplane, bathed the marsh in man-made moonlight. Boats pushed out from the rushes, pulled alongside the plane's door. Rescuers began removing the passengers. Dr. Crile had begun to wander a bit. "I am Dr. George Crile," he said. "I want a warm bath." Captain O'Brien was unconscious...