Word: flooded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bessie and her children do not stop and wait. They accept not only a flood of numbers but also elaborate instructions (often in the form of holes in a paper tape). When all the facts are in, the operator presses a starting button-and the machine quickly does the rest...
...Author Llewellyn doggedly goes on piling up mileage. His princess does not get angry: she "looked through scarlet lace." A soldier does not feel regret: "hands were wringing in his brain." Snowy's leg is not suddenly weak: it goes to "laughing gristle." Other Llewellynisms that would flood any ordinary carburetor: "A quick thrust of pity alchemised her feeling to a silt of motherly impatience"; "she rolled over, drinking coffee...
Biblical scholars believe the scroll is the lost book of Lamech, Noah's father, which may give an account of Noah's early life and his preparations for the flood. The job of unrolling the scroll is expected to take six months...
...defense of federal power projects, Maass argued that the government can afford to work on an entire river and provide for both flood control and hydro-electric power. Provide companies usually build dams for power, since flood control brings in no revenue...
Congress will probably get a bill this season for formation of a Missouri Valley Authority, for an organization which can worry about flood control and irrigation at the same time, and end the incredible overlapping, inefficiency, and boondoggling of Pick-Sloan. The only people hurt by MVA will be a few manufactures who like to ship by water and the many contractors who are cleaning up on the present plan. If these men can be headed off and MVA finally approved, the country stands to save a few billion dollars...