Word: pour
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...other country in the world. And aid workers fear that, if the U.S. strikes, as many as 1 million more Afghans may attempt to cross the jagged 1,600-km border into Pakistan. An additional 500,000 refugees are likely to flood into Iran; a similar number could pour into the Central Asian republics. The certain result: a devastating humanitarian crisis. "We're afraid that most of Afghanistan could empty out into the neighboring countries," says a relief official in Islamabad...
...Monday, September 4th, I sat in my economy class seat on a plane headed to Providence, Rhode Island. I quietly congratulated myself at having carried-on more bags than the limit specified and, as the plane prepared for take-off, I began to pour through the glossy new pages of the September issue of Glamour magazine. Now, nearly a month later, I can hardly recall that recent scene without its seeming strange, somehow disjointed from my present reality. The recent terrorist attack has made familiar parts of my life—from flying across the country to flipping excitedly through...
...While human beings cannot create meaning, we control its presence in this world. It is our responsibility to continue our efforts to pour meaning into this world even—especially—as others do their best to remove...
...While confusing and conflicting information continued to pour into the FAA op center, news came that Canada had apparently shut down its own system. At 10:42, worse news: there was another crash - this of flight 93 into a Pennsylvania field. Confusion reached such a high level that the FAA admitted to the White House officials who wanted to bring the President back to Washington that the agency could not account for seven planes. In fact, four of those planes turned out to be the downed ones - but that would take a while to sort out. Even more worrying...
...cereal containers also receive praise from Leverett students. Instead of the cereal being scooped out, different brands now pour down directly into bowls...