Word: closing
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...River-except for a stretch of about 270 miles, where Indo-China has title to a narrow strip of territory south and east of the river. The area once belonged to Thailand. About the time Japan moved into Indo-China, Thailand decided to demand this strip of land, to close the gap in the barrier. Because she went to work on Indo-China to do this, the outside world got the impression that Thailand was aiding Japan, was in fact already a mere tool of Japan. In the end, Bangkok might become a little Vichy but this time Thailand...
...better close that slow leak under your nose before I vulcanize...
This does not seem to bother individual ASCAP members, but last week, in the midst of ASCAP's squabble to get more money out of the radio chains, the Department of Justice began to close in on the society. Under way in Washington were negotiations for a consent decree by which ASCAP would forsake its blanket agreements. Since these blanket agreements have been a major factor in the networks' difficulties with ASCAP, it looked at week's end as if the Department of Justice might spike a major ASCAP gun. Meanwhile the society and the networks continued...
...Boltz was a tall (5 ft. 11 in.), gaunt (140 lb.), begoggled man with close-cropped greying hair and parchmentlike skin which had a tendency to chap and crack in winter time. He had a large nose, deeply indentured cheeks, an exaggeratedly erect carriage. His walk was peculiar: legs stiff, knees high, feet thrown toward the outside and brought down hard on each heel-a modified civilian goose step. He usually wore high brown shoes of English make, white shirts with starched bosoms and cuffs. His voice (deep, resonant, deliberate) and demeanor were those of a parson...
Next morning. Mr. Jones checked the workmen's reports with a pipe map. Suddenly he saw what had happened. Off he dashed to close the valve. But it was too late. Some four million gallons of filthy water from the thaw-high Genesee had poured into Rochester drinking water. The city faced a typhoid epidemic...