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...perform exactly this function; unfortunately, however, it received altogether too much water so that the later stages of the flood were along the Atchafalaya, not along the Mississippi. If, however, its levee system were strengthened and if additional spillways were constructed at other strategic points, another flood, split into many sections, might well remain under control. The spillway system has long been advocated by the people of Louisiana, especially of New Orleans...
...reporters may have been surprised to hear Miss Williams speak not bitterly but with rare discernment about the Chinese situation. She kept clear, as many have not, the distinction between the Conservative and Communist wings (now split apart) of the Chinese Nationalist party. It was a Communist Nationalist soldier fighting under the Conservative Nationalist General Chiang Kai-shek (before the split) who shot Dr. Williams. Miss Williams showed that she does not hold the Conservative general blamable, but rather looks to the Conservative Nationalist regime which he, Chiang Kaishek, has set up at Nanking, as the salvation of China...
...upper end of this tube was split into two branches?one supplying Mr. Beebe with air, the other connecting with a delicate telephone receiver. Thus, Mr. Beebe utilized the column of air which kept him alive, to transmit the sound waves of his voice to an amanuensis at the sea's surface. The device was contrived by Dr. Mark Barr, English physicist, who accompanied the expedition...
...Sections. Meanwhile the flood remained split into two sections. West of the Atchafalaya River the flood waters which last fortnight crumbled the Bayou de Glaize levees moved south, poured into the Atchafalaya River far more water than its banks could hold. This was the western half of the flood. The eastern half was the main stream of the Mississippi...
...book* by romantic, poetic, enthusiastic, sparkling, dauntless, bubbling, impetuous, adventurous, dramatic, enthralling, etc. Playboy Richard Halliburton begins with a "Crash! The lightning in a rage split the writhing firmament from Thessaly to the Cyclades in one blazing, blinding glare. Streaks of fire burst into the inky darkness, inflaming the abyss about me and lashing at the clouds that hurtled past...