Word: blew
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...accused was innocent or guilty. There was seldom any doubt about the verdict. In the square near Kindu's main shopping district, hundreds of Congolese were burned to death with gasoline in front of the local Lumumba monument. Following Kindu's recapture fortnight ago, government forces blew up the monument; the adjoining pavement was still cracked and blackened from the rebel burnings...
There will never be enough orchestras to suit Conductor Leopold Stolcowslci, 82. And plans to tear down Carnegie Hall when the New York Philharmonic moved out distressed him because that meant one less stage big enough to seat 96 musicians. So he, Violinist Isaac Stern and some others blew the whistle on the wreckers, and Stokowski founded the American Symphony as Carnegie's new tenant-whereupon the U.S. Government designated the hall a national landmark. Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, 44, went up to affix the plaque on the wall outside, but Stokowski took the Arizonian up to the podium...
Princeton fell apart after winning its first two games from Columbia and Dartmouth (the latter when a Dartmouth fullback kicked in a goal against his own team). The Tigers blew leads twice to tie Penn 2-2. They collapsed completely on offense and lost to Brown...
Last week the lid blew...
Last week his volcano blew skyhigh...