Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...author, and had even been (briefly) a married man. He was lunching with two friends from the New York Times, and in passing, one of them praised a recent magazine piece by a man who wished "homosexuality off the face of the earth." Miller was seized by a sudden burst of exasperation: "And then for the first time, in broad daylight, in a French restaurant on West 46th Street, I found myself saying: 'Look, goddam it, I'm homosexual, and most of my best friends are Jewish homosexuals, and some of my best friends are black homosexuals...
...rare tandem, the Federal Government's fiscal and monetary policies are currently meshing smoothly together. Early this year President Nixon and his aides decided on a deficit-be-hanged burst of Government spending aimed at stimulating the lagging economy. Testifying before the Joint Economic Committee last week, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns pledged that his independent group would do its part. He confirmed what financial statistics had been strongly suggesting: late last year the board changed policy and is again pushing hard to expand the nation's money supply...
...burst of enthusiasm for the salvation of the American environment, President Nixon urged Congress last year to enact a 14-point program of reforms. Members of Congress introduced a score of bills of their own to regulate everything from strip mining to the location of power plants. Yet not a single major piece of environmental legislation passed both houses. While everybody wanted a cleaner America, it appeared, not everybody was ready to pay for it, at least not when the economy was lagging...
...comes up over Israel, the steward makes an announcement: "You are now over Tel Aviv. Blessed be your coming." The 707 wheels, dips and lands lightly; as it does, the passengers burst into applause and patriotic Hebrew songs. "God bless Golda Meir," shouts an exuberant Georgian. Gershon Mazin sings an old Zionist song, Peace to you, O Jerusalem...
...SEMINAR, the last of the term, began poorly. The instructor, a tall sort of guy, held eight inches of cigarette in his mouth, wrote unnecessary the blackboard, and spent most of time reading from a book. Midway his reading a 6'6" giant burst noisily room, looked around, and dropped chair. The tail of his coat caught on back of the chair as he sat down, above shoulder level when he finally a comfortable position. An aisle in front , a woman perched an unlit extralong cigarette in her as if to imitate the seminar smokers greeted the instructor's about...