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... Yellow River in central China . " Spurning the feeble efforts of the natives , it waits to be subdued by the science of Western engineers . " Sixty - nine years later the river was still un- subdued , but O. J. Todd , an American ...
... Yellow River in central China . " Spurning the feeble efforts of the natives , it waits to be subdued by the science of Western engineers . " Sixty - nine years later the river was still un- subdued , but O. J. Todd , an American ...
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... Yellow Rivers to speed their flow to the sea , as well as an ambitious plan ... River smashed a six thousand - foot gap in the dikes near Litsing and poured ... river that for the rest of his life in China was to fascinate and appall him ...
... Yellow Rivers to speed their flow to the sea , as well as an ambitious plan ... River smashed a six thousand - foot gap in the dikes near Litsing and poured ... river that for the rest of his life in China was to fascinate and appall him ...
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... Yellow River in a desperate attempt to stem the Japanese advance . It was natural that at the war's end Todd should ... river . " So in December , 1945 , I reached Shanghai to begin one of the most hazardous undertakings of my career ...
... Yellow River in a desperate attempt to stem the Japanese advance . It was natural that at the war's end Todd should ... river . " So in December , 1945 , I reached Shanghai to begin one of the most hazardous undertakings of my career ...
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Bodies or Souls | 34 |
Glorious Days of Looting | 57 |
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