Word: flatting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rocks are like a flat sword...
Comrade Zhukov was disturbed by the cynicism of American journalists: "I hasten to assure [them]-Americans do not read only flat jokes on the pages of comic supplements. They read articles. Even on Sundays...
Thus in 518 A.D., the Chinese poet, Po Chui, expressed his alarm at the roaring Yangtze gorges in Central China, the bottleneck through which the waters of the 3,000-mile-Iong river pour out of the Szechwan basin and Tibetan foothills onto the flat paddies of China's rice bowl. Then as now, the enormous power of the Yangtze ran wild in floodtime while the Chinese shrugged ia resignation. Even now, damming the Yangtze is a bigger job than China can cope with...
Moments as strange as this, in which the proceedings are questionable, make the flesh crawl; while the picture's flat actualities, in which truth appears unquestionable, make the head swim and the stomach turn...
...population, they came from all parts of Bolivia at Government invitation and expense. About 20% spoke Spanish and wore European dress. The rest spoke only the ancient Indian languages, Quechua and Aymara. They wore native clothes-wide, multicolored belts, bright ponchos. Some of the men wore flat hats like Catholic priests. Others had "lluchus" (knitted woolen helmets) against the biting winds of the altiplano...