Word: flow
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Since its establishment by the late James Gordon Bennett, the European edition of the New York Herald Tribune has become an Old World institution almost as familiar as the Alps, and somewhat more far-ranging. Nearly 47,000 copies flow daily to 31 countries, not only in Europe but throughout Africa and the Far East...
...charges are technically a cost, they are also not taxable-which means they actually give a businessman extra cash to spend, save or invest as he pleases. Many economists, in fact, argue that a company's strength lies not just in its net profit, but in its "cash flow," which is net profit plus depreciation write-offs. On this basis, the health of U.S. corporations as a whole is considerably sturdier than their profits figures alone would indicate. Though total net profits have risen only from $20.5 billion in 1948 to an estimated $26 billion in 1962, cash flow...
...shot of blood in the arm may save a life, but a transfusion of the wrong kind of blood can kill as surely as a shot through the head. Doctors cannot estimate how many lives are saved by the 5,000,000 pints of blood that flow each year into the veins of about 2,500,000 U.S. patients; but they believe transfusion accidents cause 3,000 deaths a year...
Seesaw has its ups and downs, among them MacLaine and Mitchum. On Broadway, Anne Bancroft opened her veins and transfused the audience with hot red gouts of life and laughter; in the film, MacLaine turns on her talent like a spigot, and out comes a cooler flow of charm and humor. On Broadway, Henry Fonda was a mirror skillfully held to reflect the heroine; in the film, Mitchum is just another blank wall in her cold-water flat. Still and all, in the passage from Broadway to Hollywood, not too much of the Gibson has been spilled...
Widener Library may install turnstiles at its main entrance to help keep a check on the flow of outgoing books, Foster M. Palmer, Associate Librarian for Circulation and Reference, said yesterday. However, the library is "not definitely planning" to install them at present...