Word: flows
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...security investments was exceeded by that in short-term banking funds ($1,353,000,000). This is the hottest type of hot money because it can be withdrawn the quickest. Though the Treasury was careful to point out that its figures were not necessarily complete, it set the total flow of capital to the U. S. in the period studied at $2,281,000,000. That amounted to nearly a 50% increase in the amount of foreign money invested in the U. S. at the start of 1935. Present total of foreign investment is estimated...
Cantor's innumerable operations have become almost a classic in Broadway prattle, and while Frenchy, his valet rubbed him down, many of the incisions, including the famous one with the zipper, could be seen. The star was resting between shows, but his flow of speech was unhalting. Audiences, actors, his own family, stage personalities--all were discussed by the comedian...
Logorrheic is an adjective founded upon the Greek roots logos (word) and rhein (to flow). Webster's New International Dictionary lists the noun TIME used adjectivally: "Logorrhea (psychopathological). Excessive and often incoherent talkativeness...
Watching the team practice yesterday was Lee Wilson, father of Woodrow Wilson, the Army back who contracted pneumonia in Saturday's game. Mr. Wilson flow up from Texas on learning of his son's condition. The West Point star was about the same yesterday...
Despite various "alarums and excursions" in the field of diplomatic relations, the world's stability no longer seems to rest entirely upon the ebb and flow of Spain's political fortunes. The dramatic threats of the Soviet and the deep-throated growls of dictatorships alike reecho but are dissipated on the rock of Anglo-French determination to preserve peace. But one country or another may overplay its hand in this game of bluff, with dire consequences for the world. Then Britain, France, and even the not-so-isolated United States will have to decide whether to play the role...