Word: flow
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Ultimately, the translation of Greek poetry is a doomed craft, but Torrance succeeds at it remarkably well. His smooth and graceful verse rendering captures Sophocles' sense and most of his imagery. Even the frequent iteration of "wretch that I am" does little to mar the flow of the language. Naturally Torrance loses the melody and complex rhythms of the original; this, of course, was unavoidable in a translation...
Corn in Percival. The major work picked up impetus after World War II, as the Corps of Engineers divided their labors among several control systems. Dams, reservoirs, floodgates, riprap and levees were built to control the flow rate. Reforestation and soil-conservation practices decreased flood runoff. By enlarging and lining channels, removing snags and other obstructions, and by straightening bends, the engineers reduced flow resistance. Combined with local expenditures, these federal programs will eventually provide for 87 million acre-feet of flood-control storage in 219 reservoirs in the U.S., more than 9,000 miles of levees and floodwalls...
...results are dramatic. Last week engineers at Omaha, St. Louis, Kansas City and a hundred other cities were reading flow-rate gauges, poring over charts of rainfall data, passing on warnings to danger spots. Yet, after one of history's worst, wettest winters, the situation seemed generally under control. In Percival, Iowa, Farmer Mark Sheldon recalled 1952, when his 1,000 acres of corn were destroyed by floodwaters. Last year, with the tides equally high, he got 61 bushels to the acre, and this year he expects to do even better. In Omaha, Alva Sconce, owner of a lumber...
MARK REVALUATION is failing to stop the flow of gold and currency into West Germany. In the week ended April 7, reserves jumped $172,500,000 to a record $8 billion. Reason: to circumvent Bonn's tight-money policy and hedge against further revaluation, German businessmen now borrow funds from abroad...
...unending flow of University officials to Washington sometimes it becomes difficult to distinguish the of one from that of another. But this should not be a problem Theodore G. Alevizos, Assistant of Circulation and Stacks in the college Library. He left for Washington yesterday to sing folk songs for President...