Word: flooded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...intelligence officers, caught short by the sudden flood of Chinese prisoners, questioned as many as they could get to. TIME Correspondent Hugh Moffett told the story of a typical prisoner...
...Elisabeth Cserfalvi, 25, and Fourth Prizewinner Olaf. But the biggest crowd came out on the last afternoon for Leonid Kogan. By the time he had glided masterfully through the perilous Paganini Concerto in D Major, the Bruxellois were yelling bravo. Kogan grinned, bowed quickly and walked off into a flood of backstage congratulations. The judges' decision an hour later confirmed what everyone already knew: Kogan had won hands down...
...three short stories could stand as ideals for Advocate stories. They are all limited in scope and written in simple language, but within their limitations they are well-handled and they have many excellent passages. The best of the three is "A Thousand Miles Away," by Charles Flood--a simple but effective story of a woman who recalls an old love affair from the midst of her happily married life. Billy Joyner's "Dark Faces" is not I think, up to the very high standard of his first two Advocate stories, but is still an excellent atmosphere piece about...
Aside, from its activity in boosting "The Road Ahead," C.C.G. distributes a flood of letters, telegrams and pamphlets to defeat special legislation like public housing, health insurance, and federal aid to education. Much of this literature is of the shock variety--"Everything You Believe in is Threatened!" for example. It urges the reader to contribute money, distribute pamphlets, and write indignant letters to Congress. In addition, the C.C.G. often puts direct pressure on Congress. In urging defeat of a minimum wage hike, it sent 500-word telegrams of Congressional Committee Leaders and Special Delivery letters to every member of both...
...responsible for transplanting the tune is Wilfrid Thomas, Australian disc jockey, who picked up the record in a back street in Hong Kong, brought it to London with him last winter. The oriental lilt caught the British fancy. A flood of letters and inquiries at record shops sent Columbia Records' British affiliate on a hot-breathed search for the old master copy of the Chinese record. Their Far Eastern division finally uncovered it in India, flew it to London...