Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...monotonic chant, spoke against people with long hair and mod clothes. In the past this same man has preached against the VISTA project. He then told the story of the Dutch boy who put his finger in the dike; the preacher said that the United States was about to burst wide open and that everyone should put his finger in the dike. Wild. Then, speaking figuratively, he said that God would make us drive our new cars straight and on the right side of the road...
...whether they come discretely, in flight formation or in groups, and regardless of whether they come by night or day-we are resolved to implement the slogan, 'Detect the enemy as soon as he comes, annihilate him as soon as he comes, accurately hit his aircraft in the initial burst of gunfire, down enemy aircraft on the spot, and capture aggressor pilots alive...
...break a punt tonight.' " To which Colleague Meredith cheerfully replied: "Now, Hahrd, Ah didn't say that. But if you say Ah said it, Ah'll stick with it." Pause. "Hahrd, why do you always do that to me?" The gang in the press box burst into laughter...
...could designers anticipate all the other hazards that computers might encounter in distant space-a burst of gamma radiation, the impact of a tiny meteor, an unexpected power loss. Even mission control would be powerless in such a crisis. If trouble occurred near Neptune, for example, radioed data describing the problem would take four hours to reach the earth. By that time, the moment for a crucial maneuver might well have passed, and the entire mission could be jeopardized...
...Indian, a cowboy, and the last wore a minutely detailed copy of a Special Forces uniform. A sweating man in tuxedo lined the three up in front of a battery of Chamber of Commerce and news photographers, whereupon the contestants blinked mutely like pole-axed calves as the flashbulbs burst and the shutters began snapping like a den of rattlers...