Word: flows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...farmhouses from the Pennine Hills to the seven streams that flow eastward to the Humber, the herders celebrated the end of a ten-day nightmare. But at Leyburn Police Headquarters none liked to look too closely at the body of the huge, tawny Alsatian sheepdog that had wrought the havoc; for in that section of Yorkshire sheep are a livelihood, and no Dalesman cares to admit that his dog has gotten the taste for sheep's blood...
Beer will flow copiously that evening, starting at 7:30 o'clock, when the editors of Cambridge's only breakfast table companion open their doors at 14 Plympton Street to all interested in gaining positions on the staff...
...street firemen coiled hoses, took down ladders. Morning traffic began to flow. From across the street the La Salle looked undamaged; only a few sheets dangling limply from windows recalled the nightmare...
...producer and distributor a "reasonable" (and undefined) profit margin, and end price controls whenever production of an article reached the 1941 level. That combination of pressure-group policies would raise the indexes a good 25 percent at once, with further sharp boosts to follow as output really begins to flow. Establishing 1941 supply s the norm looks good at first sight, but on closer examination resembles an attempt to measure the avalanche with a rain-gauge. For five years the consumer has been starved for goods, and has amassed an unprecedented total of liquid wherewithal. Pre-war production...
Explanation: a wart is a virus growth which has a tendency over a period of months to heal itself. By suggestion, it is possible to stimulate circulation of the blood; the increased blood flow in the warty area accelerates spontaneous healing...