Word: flooded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...International ads often say more than do those written for U.S. readers. They tell about the articles, their use, something of the spirit in their making. Example: R. G. LeTourneau's earth-moving monsters are pictured at work in Portugal on flood control, irrigation and electrical power projects. Example: Standard Oil reports improvements in public transportation through petroleum research. Example: Squibb tells about good health from proper medical care and sanitation...
Phase Two began after less than three months during which a nearly miraculous logistical effort poured a flood of war materiel and men into Pusan's choking port. When the allied forces were finally ready for the big breakout, some U.N. forces stabbed westward to Kunsan, but the main body drove north toward Seoul. Then MacArthur dealt one of the master strokes of the war: the landing at Inchon (Seoul's port). The routed North Koreans reeled back toward the Manchurian border. MacArthur sent his forces after them in hot pursuit up to the Yalu...
...darkened room at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel this week, newsmen watched a large, opaque, glass ceiling-panel suddenly light up, flood the room with a mellow glow. There was no bulb or fluorescent tube behind the glass panel, yet its whole surface glowed evenly...
Last year's race, the first at Marietta, as marred by a violent flood, and the course was shortened to two miles. Washington won all three '50 races. The regatta had been held for over 50 years at poughkeepsie before last year...
...Aids Flood Victims...