Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That compound was put together in a brief burst of home-buying just before Christmas. Nixon first purchased a three-bedroom, three-bath house for $127,700, then bought an adjoining dwelling for a similar price from Senator George Smathers to create a three-house enclave. (Smathers, who introduced Nixon to Rebozo in the late '40s, says that he "didn't want to sell it but I wanted Nixon to come here, and it was a case of having to sell it or else he wouldn't have come...
After this burst of energy both teams settled into a measured style of play, eschewing a close forechecking game for cautious rushes from one end of the rink to the other, and the period ended...
...form letter to the 13 freshmen, Dwight D. Miller, the North Yard's Senior Advisor, stated: "Dear ---: I am sorry you have to return from vacation to the inconvenience and mess resulting from the water damage via burst pipes in your room. It will be a week or more before the damage can be repaired, so consequently it will be necessary for you to room temporarily...
David J. Cavanagh and Caleb T. Warren, freshmen from Mower A-32, explained, "a radiator pipe in our bathroom burst. The window wasn't shut all the way. The water came gushing out and seeped into the floors below...
...Myers, requested that his clergy not allow Pike to perform any priestly functions in the diocese. Taking up the gauntlet, Pike responded by celebrating Holy Communion at St. Aidan's Church in San Francisco on Christmas Eve. And when he introduced his 30-year-old bride, the congregation burst into applause. Said Pike: "Bishop Myers has no canonical authority to suspend me. I'm as much a member of the diocese...