Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...letter to the New York Times last week, Gabriel Hauge, chairman of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., urged Carter to appoint officials quickly that had the confidence of businessmen, who have been wary about pursuing expansion plans. If Carter did so, Hauge argued, he might touch off a burst of spending that "could be worth $10 billion to $20 billion" in terms of economic growth by the time any policy action Carter might take after assuming office could have an impact...
That chapter began in the bloody 1930s when Lysenko, a young plant breeder from the Ukraine, burst onto the Soviet scientific scene with a beguiling claim: that the inheritance of physical characteristics could be manipulated in plants by their environment. It was an idea totally at odds with modern genetics, which holds that an organism's basic color or shape, say, is passed from one generation to the next by the genes with inflexible regularity (except when they are mutated). But the theory was highly compelling to Stalin; he had become increasingly annoyed at the failure of conventional agricultural...
...lowest since last January. Though stock traders have had other things to worry about-primarily the slowdown in the economy-the chief reason for the sell-off appears to be fear that Carter's programs to speed up the economy will set off a new burst of inflation...
...fall as a skydive from grace. Actress Grazyna Dlugolecka, who looks at times like Faye Dunaway in brunette, has just the right kind of childish yet suggestive face to do this descent justice. Behind her babushkas and grey wool dresses we sense a merciless passion just ready to burst out. Explode it soon does, and smothers a cheeky, high-cheek boned arriviste named Lukasz Niepolomski. A Rudolph Nureyev double, he drools over her, duels over her and introduces her to a new brand of ballet...
...second lap, a rear wheel fell off Lauda's car and he skidded into a guardrail. His car burst into flames, searing his lungs with intense heat and poisonous flames from the volatile fuel. Unable to trigger the car's fire extinguisher, Lauda lay trapped while three fellow drivers struggled to free him. His face and head were badly burned and disfigured, the oxygen count in his blood fell below the level necessary, in theory at least, to sustain life...