Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though psychology and economics both make for steady growth in land values over the long run, bubbles of pure speculation always burst sooner or later. Investors are already getting a lesson that land prices can go down as well as up. High construction costs and urban blight have undercut property values in some city areas. The land under the Boston Edison Building was worth about $200 per square foot in the 1920s; today it is less than half that, though property values in other parts of town have risen. A speculative orgy of overbuilding in New York City has driven...
...Keefe was what really won it for us," coach Bill McCurdy said after the race. "He burst past like a big bird after a mile and kept going. Skinner did well also. You know, he shouldn't be that good, but no one's told him that. He's had his heart in it a long time and it's paying...
...President's burst of initiative resulted from his growing conviction that the best defense against Watergate is an offense against not only the nation's problems but the two bodies that have given him the most trouble: Congress and the press. When he went before newsmen last week, he was more confident and commanding than in any other recent appearance. He still grew noticeably tense and uncomfortable when asked questions about Watergate or his personal finances, but it was clear that he has correctly sized up the press-conference format as one in which he holds the advantage...
...largely a legacy of the restrictive policies of the past. Once that legacy is shaken off, U.S. farmers can raise enough livestock, wheat and oil seeds to satisfy their fellow citizens' desire for good food at reasonable prices and meet all foreseeable foreign demand too. In a burst of optimism last week, Bud Frazier, vice president of Hennessy & Associates, a commodity brokerage firm in Chicago, declared: "This country can produce more stuff than the world can carry away...
Tumbling from the belly of the DC-4 streaking only 15 feet above Chad's sandy desert came bags of sorghum that burst on impact like tiny bombs. Hungry nomads scrambled for the grain, cramming it into tiny pots or wolfing it down on the spot. Reporting on the drop, Food and Agriculture Organization Logistics Officer Trevor Page said: "I imagine a little sandy sorghum will be a welcome change from roots and leaves...