Word: blasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...liberal views. "The Times has never been known to show both sides in the past," says Republican Congressman C.W. Young. "Now they're doing it." State Senator Richard Deeb, an opponent of busing to promote integration, adds: "It doesn't hurt half as much when they blast me when they spell out my side...
...pistons-or "split cycling," as he calls it-a distinctive feature. By relieving the power piston of the job of inducting air, it allows the engine to take in more air and burn its fuel during a much greater portion of each cycle than in conventional engines. Moreover, a blast of fresh air helps expel the exhaust gases before any more fuel is introduced. The net result, Ansdale explains, is not only a more efficient use of gasoline, but also less of the unburned chemical residue that is a major source of automotive pollution...
...Einstein's theories hold that nothing in the universe can ever move faster. The constant (represented by the letter c) appears in his famous equation E=mc², the formula for the conversion of mass into energy, which was grimly proven July 16, 1945 in the first atomic blast at Alamogordo...
...first blast at a conference at Cornell last Sunday, Guinier attacked what he termed Administration "shenanigans" and "skullduggery...
...often used as foils: the reporters who cover him. Relaxed, smiling and exchanging wisecracks, he accepted the gag gift of a policeman's whistle from newsmen. That night, as he was heckled at the College of Southern Idaho, Agnew suddenly blew a piercing blast with his new toy and shouted: "Wrong!" The startled audience gasped, then broke into loud applause...