Word: flow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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High & Dry. Duisburg's troubles began with the river Rhine. The city's commerce flows through its Rhine harbor, which is ringed with steel mills and swarms with barge traffic. Years ago, the river started falling. Dredging and straightening of the channel downstream had made the water flow faster, and the quickened flow lowered the river's level. It also eroded the river bed, which lowered the water level still more. Duisburg's vital harbor got shallower and shallower. Dredging the harbor to keep pace with the fall of the river would have narrowed its sloping...
...politicians wanted to put themselves on the record at this time. In most cases, when the conversation was placed on what is known in the trade as a "not-for-attribution" basis, they talked frankly and fully about what they know and think and expect. After thus tapping the flow of political thought, the dozens of correspondents working on the assignment filed their reports to TIME editorial headquarters in New York. There, Writer Ed Magnuson and Senior Editor Champ Clark analyzed and studied the evidence in detail and in sum. From it emerged some clear and fascinating patterns, outlined...
...While noting that U.S.-Soviet conflicts "are real," and that "our concepts of the word are different," the President listed six possible areas of "peaceful cooperation." Five were old hat - prevention of war by mistake, safeguards against surprise attack, further steps to curb the nuclear arms race, a freer flow of information and the prohibition of nuclear weapons in outer space...
...Frenchman named Robert Enrico, is an adaptation of three stories by Ambrose Bierce, all treating of the U.S. Civil War. Though the picture was made in France with a French cast, the American atmosphere of the period is exquisitely interfused. The story is told in a sure and subtle flow of images, and Jean Boffety's photography makes a grave and lovely homage to Mathew Brady...
Higher Dividends. Behind the market's rebound is the steady flow of better corporate earnings reports, dividend increases and generally good business news. The Commerce Department reported last week that manufacturers' new orders rose 1% during July, total business sales gained 2% to a record $70.7 billion, and in August, outlays for new construction increased 4% . Capital spending plans of business were down, but only slightly, to $39.1 billion for the year, still 5% more than last year...