Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even better. Railroad profits for the first half of this year, Santa Fe reports, were $20.2 million. In the lagging first six months of last year the line posted earnings of only $9.9 million before making up for lost time with increased freight rates and a burst of new business in the second half...
...Fred Newhouse of the U.S. who watched helplessly as Juantorena burst past him in the last 20 meters. "He ain't God," said Newhouse, "but he's good." "He's what the future of running is going to be," said Mai Whitfield, gold medal winner in the 800 for the U.S. in 1948 and 1952. "He had no respect for nobody. He just went out there and started smoking...
...have commented on the unparalleled burst of knowledge in the physical sciences and the unmatched power that they have placed in the hands of politicians. It seems man can do almost anything so long as it involves technology. But it is in our understanding of society that we are now desparately in need of new knowledge...
...wound up qualifying eighth, a risky .23 sec. away from elimination. That evening, in his long-anticipated 100-meter backstroke confrontation with East German Champion Roland Matthes, Naber stayed frozen to the starting block in what happily turned out to be a false start. At the real start he burst in front with his first three strokes, executed an explosive turn that nearly drowned the judges at poolside, and plunged home to smash Matthes' four-year-old record of 56.19 sec. by .7 sec. "That's about the end of my swimming career," said Matthes...
...place the sparkling star gently above their sound. It should have a misterioso quality, just whisper. Shh, shh." Balancing a chorus of 170 is a tricky business, no less so when it turns to popular music. "This song has got to bounce, it's got to bubble!" she burst out last week during a rehearsal of The Night They Invented Champagne, from Gigi. "Why don't you smile? Your singing is rather heavy here. Just rela...