Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...office-building fire extinguisher that was discovered embedded in the ice of the remote Thelon River by two young Americans who happened to be on a research dogsled run through the Thelon Game Sanctuary. Scientists said that it emitted "moderate" radiation, and while they pondered whether and how to break the ray-absorbing river ice to find out whether more lethal parts lay below, armed Canadian paratroopers set up a camp in the -40° F. cold...
...rest of Canada, the Parti Québécois' determination to break away from the confederation has created fear, frustration and resentment. "What more can the people of other provinces do?" asks Carrol Potter, a retired Canadian armed forces veteran in tiny Middleton, N.S. "We have a French Canadian Governor-General [who represents Queen Elizabeth II], a French Canadian Prime Minister and a lopsided number of French Canadians in the federal Cabinet in Ottawa [twelve out of 33]. Yet we are told that the French Canadian is still dissatisfied...
...most exhausting instrumental effort to date. This song is a reverie, set in a late-night doper's fog, recalling the pain and sweetness of childhood and varied impressionistic scenes of her youth. Mitchell comes close to the warm chords she used in earlier pieces, like the instrumental break in "Down To You," (Court and Spark) but there is a constant tension beneath the surface, a dissonance that colors the music as the ugly drug haze shades her reverie. The instrumental has a definite form, with recurring themes and a refrain, but it is not rigidly structured. This passage makes...
Purdy's tally came when George Hughes led both Purdy and Jim Trainor into the Northeastern zone on a two-on-two break. Gene took it all the way in; past the blue line, around the net from the right side, and then slam-dunked a tuck shot underneath the stacked pads of Husky netminder Ed Arrington...
Both teams spent the last period killing off each others' penalties with Northeastern looking for a break and Harvard looking to deny...