Word: flows
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...number of escapees is expected to reach 6,500, despite one of the world's most formidable man-made barriers, the Berlin Wall, erected twelve years ago to halt the drain. Last week East Germany's doctrinaire Communist government took steps to stanch some of the flow by staging the finale of a show trial of three West German people-smugglers in an East Berlin courtroom...
...time has abruptly run out. The Arabs, who control nearly 60% of the world's proven deposits, are slowing down the flow. Through this strategy of squeeze, they hope to pressure the industrial nations into forcing Israel to make peace on terms favorable to the Arabs. Moreover, they are steadily intensifying their oil shakedown. Originally they planned to reduce production by at least 5% each month. Later they embargoed all oil shipments to the U.S. and The Netherlands, in punishment for their support of Israel. Last week, showing new unity and clout, ten Arab countries announced that production for November...
...Saudi king long resisted calls by such firebrands as Libya's Strongman Muammar Gaddafi and Iraq's President Ahmed Hassan Bakr that the Arabs wield their "oil weapon" for political gains. But after Egypt and Syria invaded Israel last month, Feisal finally agreed to cut back the flow of oil. Later, when President Nixon announced that he would ask Congress to send Israel $2.2 billion worth of arms, Feisal exploded with rage and shut...
...group that has just walked in the door, to the conversation at the next table, to Frank's acrobatics behind the counter. In a few minutes they have their pizza in hand, wrapped to go, and they walk out into the cool night air, not once breaking the flow of their gossip...
...anchovies. Every year millions of tons of the sardine-like fish were caught and ground into fish meal, which was then sold abroad as a high-protein feed for livestock and poultry. About every seven years, though, the anchovy bonanza was interrupted for a few months when a mysterious flow of warm water overrode the cold current, causing the fish to disappear temporarily...