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Word: bursting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...letters that Hoppe had received last week about the column, 923 praised it. Wrote a housewife in Hollister, Calif.: "I asked my 12-year-old son to read it aloud and had to quickly leave the room because some kids cannot understand what makes otherwise steady grownups burst into tears." A former Army colonel found himself harboring the "nightmarish feelings you've put down about wanting the enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN NOTES: Battle Fatigue | 4/5/1971 | See Source »

...scattered sections of Dacca. Tracers arced over the darkened city. The staccato chatter of automatic weapons was punctuated with grenade explosions, and tall columns of black smoke towered over the city. In the night came the occasional cry of 'Joi Bangla [Victory to Bengal],' followed by a burst of machine-gun fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Pakistan: Toppling Over the Brink | 4/5/1971 | See Source »

...nine months, the stock market has raced relentlessly uphill from its grim low, advancing more than 40% in that period, and some Wall Street seers have been predicting an inevitable pause. But early last week, like a long-distance runner gaining a second wind, the market burst ahead with fresh energy. The Dow Jones industrial average posted its biggest daily gain of the year, leaping 9.86 points and closing above the psychological barrier of 900 for the first time in 21 months. For the week, the Dow rose 15 points to close at 913. Stocks on the American Exchange also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Second Wind | 3/29/1971 | See Source »

...photographer Gordon Willis. His lighting captures the muffled diffusion of city sun, the dank swank of a resort ballroom, the verdant warmth of a mid-afternoon in the park. Last year his talent was used only to dress up the dross of End of the Road -a film which burst apart by emphasizing the presence of violence, and not its causes; here he contributes to the success of a minor masterpiece which takes a very cool, bitterly funny look at some very harsh truths...

Author: By Michael Sracow, | Title: FilmsLittle Murdersat the Cheri | 3/22/1971 | See Source »

...point, a student burst out, "This guy is insane. He doesn't know what he's talking about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kahn Calls Morality of War Irrelevant | 3/17/1971 | See Source »

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