Word: flows
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plans to build a reservoir on the land and fill it with water from the Hudson River. It power failures and heavy electrical usage cause power shortages. Con Ed will let the water run back into the Hudson through a dam to generate hydroelectric power from the flow...
Cannon's influence was built on three great weapons, all inherited from Speakers of the past. First, he controlled all committee assignments. Second, only Cannon could recognize members on the floor. Finally, Cannon was chairman of the Rules Committee, which oversaw the flow of legislation. Both careers and legislation depended on his whim. He was called the "Iron Duke of American politics...
...other leading U.S. architects. Done in raw wood and plasterboard, it is defended by only one secretary. The 71-year-old Kahn can be found in a small room (stacked with battered tomes on architectural history), tossing his thatch of white hair and discoursing in a high, cryptic, unstoppable flow on the principles of his craft. There is probably no serious architecture student...
...airport is new and efficient, if small. It was built to handle the growing flow of tourists; formerly, they were U.S. Gls on leave from VietNam, but these days, they are mostly Japanese. The Japanese fly three hours in cramped Boeing 707s-Taipei International Airport can not handle 747s-to escape their crowded, polluted megalopolis for their brief vacations...
Shiao Mei relaxes, and slips back to her old rhythm, a slips back to her old rhythm, a steady flow, waiting for something to happen...