Word: flooding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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That amniotic fluid might have another use gradually dawned on surgeons, when they realized that women who underwent caesarean sections seldom developed peritonitis. That was because amniotic fluid is a potent germicide. When an obstetrician opens the belly to lift out the child, the protective waters flood all the neighborhood of the womb...
Ostensibly a free-for-all between independent distributors and the major companies over the differential between branded and unbranded fuel, the contest was touched off by the flood of oil produced in excess of state quotas. By last week the only apparent check to price-slashing was a clause in the Oil Code limiting cuts to no more than one every 24 hours. Retail prices were off from...
...fabulous pool, the Seminole. But he made a strike here & there, and by 1927 was drilling in East Texas in an area which geologists unanimously condemned as bone dry. On Oct. 4, 1930 he brought in a gusher. Today the Texas Railroad Commission, which attempts to control the flood, estimates that if each & every one of the 14,000 wells in the East Texas Field were opened wide for one hour, they would produce more oil than the whole U. S. could consume in five days. Dad Joiner sold part of his East Texas holdings...
Recent utterances of the President Indicate an obviously defensive attitude for which there can be no political reason as the Democratic flood continues unabated. Power is a headler potion than alcohol and morning after headaches more certain and severe. To the philosophic observer his recent remarks savor of disillusion as one who reluctantly must lay aside cherished dreams to achieve bread and butter. Perhaps it is realized that the Brain Trusters' panaceas may precipitate an industrial crash that will beggar the recent banking collapse unless the New Dealers secure the cooperation and help of practical business men. Platitudes and generalities...
...American," therefore unthinkable. It was also unnecessary. Hungry U. S. citizens had always been fed by the private charity of their fellows. In Herbert Hoover's own experience as relief administrator that charity had overflowed to care for hungry Belgians, hungry Russians, hungry Americans caught in the Mississippi flood. Remembering the past, it seemed to him that U. S. charity was inexhaustible...