Word: flooded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Suddenly the lights blinked on, the doors opened, and a flood of late-comers poured into Symphony Hall. The isles were clogged with old women greeting their friends, school-girls scampering around in search of their seats, and an occasional man shambling to and fro. Ansermet waited patiently for a minute or so, then wheeled around and glared disgustedly at the stream of people still flowing in. People, noticing his expression, started pointing at him and laughing, while members of the orchestra resumed their warm-up cacaphony. The stream turned into a dribble and finally stopped, allowing the concert...
...week's end in Israel's holy land, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion declared a state of emergency to last as long as the windows of heaven were opened and the flood of waters was upon the earth...
Sorcerer's Apprentice. In West Berlin, Germany, Ernst Bogelsack sneaked into town from the Soviet Zone, hid in a public lavatory until the attendant left, removed the brass water taps from the sinks in order to sell them in the black market, immediately loosed a flood, tried to get out but found the doors locked, howled for help until a passing police patrol broke in and rescued him from the rising waters, by then neck-deep...
...four-page supplement which follows, TIME pictures four significant aspects of the South's fast-growing industrial economy: a booming industrial district, a modern port, a multimillion-dollar plant based on the natural resources of the area, and a mighty flood-control and hydroelectric project which will turn new factory wheels and light new homes. These pictures are typical of the industrial development that is going on throughout the region...
...first Lila was crushed by these moods, which would "just descend on him like a black cloud. It was all new to me-it just isn't in my nature to worry. Then I realized he liked to worry, so I started kidding him out of it." Another flood of subscriptions ended the crisis...