Word: flowing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sidewalk is broad in Central Square and people often stop in its middle or on its edges, so the general flow has to meander around these bunched-up pedestrians who have recognized each other as Greek or Spanish-speaking and who want to exchange news before they rejoin the crowd, which, it seems to me, is mostly English-speaking. I'm startled by the number of old people. At the intersection of River St. and Massachusetts Ave. there is a triangular island with a row of benches along its base; old men sit there in the evening with their hands...
...Well flow it did, as Wellesley guards Sharmon Brown (14 points) and Joan Ashley penetrated the Crimson defense with ease and forwards Lisa Griffen and Mary Young combined for 33 points, with Young alone hauling in 24 rebounds...
Anxious to stanch the flow of immigrants, the government of Prime Minister Joop den Uyl has offered the Surinamese what U.S. Consul-General Robert Flanegin calls "the biggest golden handshake any colonialist power has ever conferred on a former colony." Surinam will get $1.7 billion in aid over the next 10 to 15 years. At the same time, independence will mean giving up the right to unlimited immigration to The Netherlands. Last week in languid Paramaribo, one hit song was a mournful ballad called There Is No Room for Surinamese in Holland Any More...
Subject to veto by either house of Congress, the President in April 1977 could partially exclude from the domestic price ceiling the oil that will begin by then to flow from Alaska. Such a move would raise overall domestic oil prices at a slightly faster rate. On the other hand, the bill would require Ford to jettison the $2 per bbl. tariff that he has imposed on imported oil, which now fetches about $15 per bbl. in the U.S. Other provisions of the bill would require both automakers and appliance manufacturers to improve the energy efficiency of their products, guarantee...
...York's Municipal Assistance Corporation, suggested Otis to United as a ripe acquisition prospect. Otis, although No. 1 in its industry, has had a slowdown in orders because of the worldwide decline in construction starts on high-rise buildings. Still, the company gets a steady and reliable flow of business-about half its revenues-from maintenance of existing installations. Also, more than half of its 1974 sales of $ 1.1 billion came from overseas, where United would like to be bigger...