Word: watered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tanksgiving Day. Near Pryor, Okla., after discovering that somebody was stealing gasoline from drums on his farm, crafty Elmer Southern filled them with water, was rewarded a few days later by seeing three boys pushing their car on a nearby road, called the sheriff to come and nab the crooks...
...stories surprisingly appeared, and the ponderous headlines (A CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF THE UNITY OF THE SOVIET PEOPLE AND OF RALLYING AROUND THE COMMUNIST PARTY) became downright breezy (I VISITED THE VINNITSA SPY CENTER and BONN FLIRTS WITH MADRID). Pictures bloomed all over, and the subjects were gay: babies, dogs, water skiers and movie starlets...
...telephone and telegraph lines, and heavy utilities needed as a foundation for industry. The government's giant $1 billion hydroelectric project in the Snowy Mountains south of Canberra is already producing power, will ultimately generate 3,000,000 kw. and provide 1,800,000 acre feet of irrigation water for the states of Victoria and New South Wales...
Near the present accelerator will be a "cooling tower" for lowering the temperature of water circulated through the magnets of the synchrotron to dissipate its power. This process will require 8,000 kilowatts of electricity...
When 20 gallons of tap water had done its work, Flanagan's heart picked up with a firm beat, quickly cleared his head. Having had no anesthesia, he promptly tried to climb off the table, had to be restrained until his chest could be sewn up. A World War II top kick, Flanagan was soon sitting up, eating three squares a day, expected to go home next week...