Word: flow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...withheld any promise of an extended unilateral truce. "We ought to distinguish," he added, "between what might happen at Christmas and the idea of a general pause." The Administration maintains that the bombing is essential since it ties down 100,000 North Vietnamese in repair work and disrupts the flow of men and matériel. By contrast, the Communists used last winter's respite to repair facilities, strengthen antiaircraft defenses, and beef up their forces south of the 17th parallel...
...living. Boudin had discovered and nurtured the young Claude Monet, but he did not think that he himself had the "temperament" to become a great master. And so he preferred to do what pleased him. Unencumbered by academic training, he developed alone into a proto-impressionist, fascinated by the flow and flood of light...
...tissues. The rest of the blood goes through thin-walled surface veins. Connecting the internal and external veins, like the rungs of a ladder, are horizontal communicating veins. All these veins are fitted by nature with internal cuplike valves, which open rhythmically to let a certain amount of blood flow up, then close to make sure that none flows back...
...makers of polygraphs, which cost anywhere from $675 to $2,650. Polygraph theorists maintain that lying causes physical reactions detectable by a trained polygrapher. While he asks questions, ranging from the pertinent to the impertinent, the gadget graphically records the subject's pulse, blood pressure, respiration, and perspiration flow. The obvious weakness is not the machine but the man who interprets it. One study found that a good polygrapher is wrong three out of ten times. But no one really knows. A bad polygrapher can easily misread emotionally disturbed subjects, a suspect who, contrary to good polygraph policy...
...part, RCA generates a sizable cash flow in its television operations, has been looking for companies outside the electronic field that it can acquire to keep its cash working profitably...