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Word: superflood (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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Usage:

...address to the third annual Midwest Power Conference, in Chicago, by Major-General Edgar Jadwin. As Chief of Engineers for the Army, General Jadwin may be expected to know what he is talking about. Said he, without giving any date: ". . . We now have a responsible forecast of a superflood, greater even than the 1927 flood. This is the result of investigations made by the United States Weather Bureau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The House Week Feb. 27, 1928 | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

...difference between the administration's figure and that of the House Flood-Control Committee was just $183,000,000. As the "greatest fight" began, and the "superflood" abated, citizens wondered what part of a 183-million-dollar stumbling-block should be scored against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The House Week Feb. 27, 1928 | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

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