Word: flow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...When the two engines went out, Pilot Conway asked the flight engineer to open an emergency valve that would have permitted an extra flow of fuel to both dead engines. But Copilot James Greenlee, who was killed in the crash, canceled the request and the valve stayed shut. Testified Conway: "I would much rather have seen that valve open...
...handling of the bill, the government has confirmed British suspicions that its primary aim is to cut the flow of colored immigrants. Since it was hastily introduced at a time when Britain is preparing to enter the European Common Market-which permits free movement of workers from one country to another-some of its critics suspect that the bill was drawn up at the urging of other European nations that are reluctant to open their doors to the Commonwealth's 600 million colored citizens. The measure, which stipulates that Commonwealth citizens may in the future enter the mother country...
...blown-out pipe, and winch the debris out of the way. Then a bulldozer will maneuver explosives on the end of a 200-ft. boom right up to the flames. If all goes right, the blast will snuff out the fire by momentarily interrupting the flow of gas and blowing away the oxygen...
...salvation from some external event is the greatest of these illusions; only out of an absolute nihilism can spring the immediate values and joys of life. When man has given up his hopes, he is at last thrown back upon himself, upon the source from which all values must flow...
...blood all over. I went up to the captain and he shoved me down." She retreated belowdecks to her bunk. Later the captain came into her cabin with what appeared to be a rifle in his hand but left again without harming the girl. Soon water began to flow into the cabin, and when it reached her bunk, Terry Jo climbed up to the cockpit again. There was no sign of her father, sister, or Mary Harvey. Captain Harvey came back from the bow, and "I asked him if the boat was sinking and he said...