Word: stream
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Another stream of gibberish starts streaming over the wires just before deadline, after the editors have taken a last look at the bulletins and cables to make sure all TIME'S stories are up to the minute with Tuesday's front page news...
...even a steady stream of trainers and bombers, roaring close overhead from nearby military fields, could drown out the somber, determined ring of freedom-loving, sea-loving Franklin Roosevelt's hearty voice. There were tears in the Crown Princess' eyes, and a quaver in her voice, as she accepted the gift...
...time ragtime and jazz appear on the U.S. scene, Author Gilbert's heart is no longer in his work. He complains (choosing to ignore such items as Begin the Beguine, Stardust, Can't We Be Friends): "Melody is the blood stream of song, and for 25 years it has grown thinner and thinner." He catalogues Yes, We Have No Bananas not as healthy U.S. tomfoolery but as a sign of "sultry sophistication, jittery and befuddled...
...where it would lead. But there were grave dangers to ponder. It was true that the I.R.A. had received subsidies from Germany and had harbored German agents landed by parachute. It was more than ever evident that the Nazis, by occupying Eire, could put a stopper on the stream of supplies from the U.S. to Britain. It was a fact that the I.R.A. is as hostile to De Valera's Government as to the British. The facts : the Eire Government two years ago executed two I.R.A. men for shooting a Dublin policeman; at least 500 I.R.A...
Pens, pencils, straw hats, and rubbers are more difficult to identify and usually wind up in P.B.B. The staff of the office is also kept busy by a steady stream of keys, most of which are University property. These are promptly returned to their proper locks by means of the code marking system which the Caretaking Department uses...