Word: blew
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...January 31, however, a strong wind blew in off the scenic Harlem River, and ripped the bubble off the blowers. The results were especially disastrous since the fabric of the dome came down and was punctured by the light poles. City building regulations require permanent metal light poles rather than collapsible ones...
...their backs, the detonator cords wrapped around their chests. In vicious hand-to-hand fighting, in which more than two-thirds of the defenders became casualties, one Marine killed five attackers with his knife; another bludgeoned a Communist infantryman to death with a grenade. Some of the enemy sappers blew themselves up with the explosives they were carrying...
...Harvard basketball team blew a seven-point lead in the last two minutes of regulation play but exploded for 16 points in a five-minute overtime to upset Cornell, 84-77, at the IAB Saturday. It was Harvard's first victory over Cornell since...
...below the ocean floor, the riggers than began to retrieve the pipe in order to replace a drill bit. At a point during the withdrawal, the drilling "mud," which is constantly pumped into the well to maintain pressure, became dangerously inadequate for the job. The well blew. An initial attempt to cap the hole was successful, but that led to a tremendous buildup of pressure. The expanding mass widened a fissure, and the released gas and oil bubbled and boiled through the crack and up 700 ft. to the surface. Essentially, when the fateful fissure occurred, Union was operating below...
...cause. The "Disasters caused by sonic booms" tells of some of the famous boom catastrophes. Shurcliffe has a knack for the cute story, and his most picturesque tale here is of the Air Force official whose speech minimizing sonic boom problems was interrupted by a sonic boom that blew out windows all around...