Word: flow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WEIGHED against its stated objectives," said Mc-Namara, "the bombing campaign has been successful." There were three objectives when the bombing began in February 1965, and they remain unchanged: 1) to reduce the flow and increase the cost of Hanoi's supply of men and materiel to South Viet Nam; 2) to raise the morale of the South Vietnamese; and 3) to make clear to Hanoi that aggression in the South would have to be paid for by a high price in damage to the North...
...army has done little to restore order. Reinforced by unpopular Northerners, General Huang Yung-sheng's local garrison concentrates on trying to keep the cash-earning flow of fruits and vegetables moving down to Hong Kong, 90 miles away. But even that job may soon become tougher as the feuding Cantonese gather stocks of arms. Only last week Peking wall posters complained that Cantonese rebels hijacked weapons from a ship bound for North Viet...
...powerful governing bureaucracy. New regulations will bring to an end the dominance of a small clique of elderly, ultra-conservative Italian cardinals who have clung to the levers of power for a lifetime and used their position to stifle reform. Now the doors are open to a constant flow of clerics with varied backgrounds and, most important, new ideas...
...blue in the face and in a cold sweat. Doctors at Brooklyn's Maimonides Medical Center wanted to give her circulation a boost, at least for a few hours. If her heart could be relieved of its work load, and at the same time strengthened by an increased flow of blood through its own coronary arteries, it might regain enough power to carry on by itself. But how to give it that boost...
...blood in the aorta not only up and down, but also back to the roots of the coronary arteries, thus increasing the oxygen supply to the heart muscle. Meanwhile the ventricle relaxed and began to refill with blood. The pump emptied the balloon in time to allow a flow of blood from the next heartbeat...