Word: flushes
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They are to be fired in batteries of four, four men being in one large hole, with the cannon set flush with the ground. In a nearby ditch lies the officer commanding, who gives the word to fire, and who observes through field glasses the dust kicked up by the missiles on first bounce...
...would make possible the balancing of the budget even on its present reduced level, and until a full statement of the economies actually agreed upon is forthcoming, it is impossible to say whether the H.A.A. has wholly overcome the exaggerated conception of college sport which was prevalent during the flush Twenties. But the H.A.A. has made an honest effort and if, as seems likely, it would be willing to make further economies only at the expense of schedules, the compromise plan is probably the most satisfactory...
...charge for remaining "loyal" to the Nanking Government thrifty General Chen Chi-tang has demanded and received more than $3,000,000 in the past three months. Flush with cash, General Chen turned his thoughts last week to tender young monkeys, the kind served temptingly in Canton restaurants as a spécialité de la maison, which tastes not unlike chicken...
...little group of men to whom silver is almost a religion, those who have fought to raise its price, to see the day when silver once more became money. To Senator Pittman of Nevada, who wangled through the London agreement, it was a delightful Christmas present. In the first flush of joy he predicted that it would: 1) stabilize the world price of silver at 64 1/2 ? 2) increase buying power in the U. S. 50%; 3) increase the exchange value of the moneys of China, India, Mexico and all South America 60% so that they would buy more...
...Flush is one of the two choices (see p. 55) of the Book-of-the-Month Club for October...