Word: flooded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Early reports on the results of flood disasters always reckon the damage in terms of immediacy and emotion. The number of homeless and dead occupy the front pages of morning-after newspapers and find their way into radio bulletins. This initial reaction is natural, but when the waters recede, the real disaster will be primarily a financial one. Victims may escape with their lives, but, because they are uninsured, they will never recover from the economic effects of the floods...
...private insurance company is presently willing to take the risk of covering residents in potential flood areas, since these companies do not have the resources to cover short-term losses in return for possible longterm financial gains. Private agencies likewise are unable to provide adequate relief. Red Cross, Community Chest, and similar groups assist victims to meet the immediate impact of floods, but they can do little toward alleviating widespread economic loss...
...Three local private companies would pay $273 million for the power-producing features of a $310 million dam across the Columbia River, in return get priority on its output for 50 years. The Government would build John Day Dam, own it forever and pay $37 million for navigation and flood-control features, that return no profit. John Day would have a capacity of 1,105,000 kilowatts of power (twice the potential of Bonneville Dam), permit slackwater commercial navigation 328 miles up the Columbia River from the Pacific Ocean to the wheat-growing Inland Empire...
...Challenge. One canker of doubt, however, is disturbing all the hallelujahs about the glorious new TV season. Its name: The $64,000 Question. The instant, smash success of the quiz show dreamed up by Lou Cowan has brought a flood of imitators promising to give contestants everything from a producing oil well to a quarter of a million dollars. The industry is quivering with the unmistakable impulse of a new "trend." NBC's Weaver, instead of planning new telecasts from Mars or from the bottom of the sea, has been closeted with Question's sponsor (Revlon), promising them...
...Bubble Makers is much more than just a string of jokes. Resigned to the impossibility of reaching Bhutan, Charlie valiantly battles a Mississippi flood. Although this episode is almost a separate story in itself, Goodman's skill in developing the ludicrous drama of the situation compensates for any looseness in the plot. One realizes that the role of "flood-control expert" is for Charlie a substitute Bhutan. After working himself to the point of collapse on a levee, and nearly drowning in the process, he cheerfully announces: "It was the best time I've ever had." An element of charm...