Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...teach-in. As soon as Bella Abzug, in a floppy orange hat, mounted the stage, the crowd began to clap. And the applause broke loose as McCarthy, hair gleaming, face grinning, strode to his seat. The applause quieted but the buzz remained; and the applause was always ready to burst free again. On the Queenfor-a Day popularity register, two sorts of remarks scored highest: the humorous and the radical. In her New York accent. Abzug-who twice raised a weak fist and pulled it down in hasty embarrassment-revealed that she "only went to Hunter College" and that...
Walzer, clearly prepared for the out-burst, which had been promised half-way through the proceedings, said from the rostrum, "People like me have given a lot of lectures about self-destructive tendencies on the left-but one picture is worth a thousand words. Is this the kind of peace movement you want...
...Reservoir were ordered to stay away from their neighborhoods. Much of the restraining clam's concrete facing had slipped beneath the water, and its earthen backing had developed fissures. With each new shock-one reached a magnitude of 5.7-residents feared that 6 billion gallons of water might burst into the valley. The slow task of emptying the 100-ft.-deep reservoir into the normally dry Los Angeles River began so that the dam could be repaired and the lakes refilled-a task that will take an estimated three years. Residents were allowed to return to their homes after...
...remained before the ceasefire between his country and Israel was due to expire. He ended the suspense quickly. As long as there was "genuine progress" toward peace, he said Egypt would "abstain from firing." On hearing the news from Cairo, an Arab waiter in an East Jerusalem hotel burst into the bar and happily told his patrons (mostly Israelis): "We've got at least thirty more days...
...double doors of the drab green second-class railroad coach burst open as the train jerked to a halt. Onto the rain-drenched station platform tumbled 21 disheveled passengers. Men in ill-fitting clothes hurriedly handed down bulging cardboard suitcases. One man struggled with a monstrous feather mattress while a small boy darted away to admire the bicycles in a commuter's rack. There were few words, only a rush to get off the train. With good reason. For many of the passengers, the train was a reminder of a world they have been trying to leave since...