Word: flows
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Most of the 150 war planes from the two carriers joined up to 400 air force aircraft flying from bases in Thailand and South Vietnam in what the U. S. command called a campaign to stem the flow of North Vietnamese war material southward...
Yale's aggressiveness is its main defensive strength, but possibly its only weakness as well. The Elis flow quickly with the play, which may make Harvard's recently revived sweep look ready for John Yovicsin's scrap book again, but it may also make Yale susceptible to cutting back across the flow. This is hardly a sure bet, however. Dartmouth used counters to exploit Yale's tendency to overcommit, and "they didn't go much of anywhere," according to Gallhager...
Economically, the government has reversed Sukarno's policy of isolationism and re-integrated his country with the extensive cash-and-trade nexus of the West. The government has become increasingly dependent on massive inputs of American aid, and has encouraged an immense flow of foreign investment, which is thus far concentrating on oil, timber, and minerals. All of these actions have incidentally benefited the American corporate community, many of whose members have eagerly flocked to the area...
East-West trade last year accounted for only 3.9% of the world's $273 billion flow of goods. Slight as it seems, the figure is extremely important politically. While the leaders of the Communist countries would certainly resist any attempt by the tender sword to slice into their control at home, they are nonetheless prepared to make diplomatic gestures in order to enhance trading opportunities with the West. The Soviet willingness to reach an accommodation regarding West Berlin (see THE WORLD) and the cordial treatment accorded France's President Georges Pompidou on his recent visit to Moscow reflected...
...Council committee report which proposed that the filtering of the air in the library should be improved to clear the musty atmosphere. Library officials were "very sympathetic," Thomas E. Petri '62 observed, and contacted the Department of Buildings and Grounds for an immediate study on the Library's air flow...