Word: channelize
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...enter into agreements. From what was known of his conversations with Premier Edouard Herriot, he admitted that British interest was bound up with the preservation of the Franco-German boundary, by which he meant that Britain could not tolerate an unfriendly Power in possession of the Channel ports and the obvious place to prevent an unfriendly Power from seizing those ports is along the Franco-German frontier...
...might easily conclude from the editorial headed "Men or Shadows--which?" that the editor is of the opinion the only means for an undergraduate to evade the low life of a "Shadow" would be through the channel of more and more highly competitive extra-curriculum work--at any cost...
...largest channel bass of 1925 will gain its captor a silver loving cup, mahogany based, 38 inches high, inscribed "Presented by Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, to the Palm Beach Anglers' Club." Since last year, the President has been an honorary member...
...house. In Wales, the coal mines were flooded. Along the Thames, people were "drowned out of their houses." From every coastal point, news came to London telling of angry waves battering the piers and swamping the promenades. Damage to telegraph and telephone wires greatly interfered with communication, while Channel boats suspended service between England and France...
...houses. . . .? We used to play Flapdragon, I remember, as it drew to midnight, while we waited for the bells of the New Year. On the polished table in the dining-room was placed the biggest dish in the house, a crackled, oven-browned, blue-and-white Victorian with a channel and a gravy puddle at one end. On it were laid three pennies and six pennies and bright, new shillings, and upon them were piled up the fat Christmas raisins, prunes and French plums. Over all was poured a bottle or so of brandy and trie lamps were turned...