The injections alleviate her physical distress; the torrents of words, the flood of memories, help her keep oblivion at bay.
WASHINGTON — Even with fighting raging in Syria and President Bashar al-Assad digging in, the State Department and Pentagon are quietly sharpening plans to cope with a flood of refugees, help maintain basic health and municipal services, restart a shattered economy and avoid a security vacuum in the wake of Mr. Assad's fall, administration officials say.
So will another flood of advertising help in any way?
Instead, a strong dollar and a flood of imports helped keep inflation low, forcing businesses to increase profits primarily by becoming more efficient rather than raising prices.
The Mississippi River levee system, completed after the Great Flood of 1927, helped control flooding by shunting much of the river's water deep into the gulf, but it also robbed the marshes of the sediments they need to replenish themselves.
A disabled Queens man who was flooded with offers of help and money after he said he was robbed of his motorized wheelchair was arrested last night after the police determined that he had concocted the story, the authorities said.
A woman who lost vital and costly medical equipment for her 4-year-old son during an eviction has been flooded with offers of help from charities, city officials and regular New Yorkers.
The publicity brought in a flood of requests for help with sexual problems.
"Since then we have seen a flood of people seeking help," says Mr Kharrat.Yet enforcement is poor.
Breathe, be mindful, avoid stimulation: there is a flood of advice to help us cope, but there is still the larger reality of the big, frightening world.
He received a flood of offers to help him after the Guardian revealed in March this year that he was sleeping rough in a south London park.
